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morbid

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  1. Of, relating to, or afflicted by disease.
  2. (broadly) Taking an interest in, or fixating on, unhealthy or unwholesome subjects such as death, decay, disease.
  3. Suggesting the horror of death; macabre or ghoulish.
  4. Grisly or gruesome.

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C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈmɔː.bɪd/
Etymology

From Latin morbidus (“diseased”), from morbus (“sickness”), itself from the root of morī (“to die”) or directly from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to rub, pound, wear away”).

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