LookItUpmorbid
Meaning in simple English, pronunciation and examples
Pronunciation: US /ˈmɔrbɪd/ · UK /ˈmɔːbɪd/
morbid means: Too interested in death, illness, or other disturbing things.
adjective
Too interested in death, illness, or other disturbing things.
- He has a morbid interest in death.
- Morbid curiosity drew a crowd to the accident scene.
- She tried to put those morbid thoughts out of her mind.
Connected with disease or affected by disease.
- The study examined morbid changes in the liver.
- Morbid obesity can put extra pressure on the heart.
- Students learned to identify morbid tissue under a microscope.
Making you think of death in a frightening or unpleasant way.
- It was a morbid story.
- Her paintings use morbid images of bones and graves.
- His morbid jokes made the guests uncomfortable.
Questions about morbid
What does morbid mean?
Too interested in death, illness, or other disturbing things.
What is morbid in other languages?
Türkçe: marazi · Español: morboso · Français: morbide · Deutsch: krankhaft · Italiano: morboso · 日本語: 病的な
How do you pronounce morbid?
In American English /ˈmɔrbɪd/; in British English /ˈmɔːbɪd/.
How do you use morbid in a sentence?
He has a morbid interest in death. Morbid curiosity drew a crowd to the accident scene.
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