morbid (Meaning)
morbid (s)
suggesting an unhealthy mental state
suggesting the horror of death and decay
caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology
morbid (a.)
Not sound and healthful; induced by a diseased or abnormal condition; diseased; sickly; as, morbid humors; a morbid constitution; a morbid state of the juices of a plant.
Of or pertaining to disease or diseased parts; as, morbid anatomy.
Synonyms & Antonyms of morbid
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Synonyms:
- sad
- cloudy
- elegiacal
- saturnine
- drear
- plutonian
- wretched
- miserable
- sepulchral
- oppressive
- sombre
- unhappy
- funereal
- gloomy
- tenebrous
- glum
- blue
- cheerless
- dreary
- dismal
- melancholy
- grey
- black
- melancholic
- mournful
- depressed
- sullen
- forlorn
- chill
- gray
- disconsolate
- elegiac
- morose
- dire
- comfortless
- lugubrious
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Synonyms:
- discouraging
- hangdog
- distressful
- tenebrific
- low
- upsetting
- drab
- grim
- dim
- lowering
- droopy
- hopeless
- dour
- negative
- woeful
- dejected
- discomfiting
- inconsolable
- dismaying
- godforsaken
- sorrowful
- mirthless
- sunless
- Cimmerian
- plaintive
- pessimistic
- distressing
- disheartening
- desperate
- menacing
- dreich
- dispiriting
- threatening
- colorless
- lamentable
- down
- woebegone
- dull
- despondent
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morbid Sentence Examples
- The room was pervaded by a morbid stench of decay.
- Her morbid fascination with death extended to collecting antique funeral memorabilia.
- The autopsy report revealed a morbidly obese patient with severe organ failure.
- His morbid fear of spiders led him to avoid venturing outside during the summer months.
- The morbid beauty of the decaying leaves added an eerie charm to the autumn landscape.
- The news of the tragedy filled him with a morbid sense of sadness.
- The morbid pathology of the disease fascinated the medical students.
- The museum exhibited morbid specimens from the history of surgery.
- The film's morbid plotline left a lingering feeling of unease.
- The morbid curiosity of the onlookers compelled them to witness the gruesome accident.
FAQs About the word morbid
suggesting an unhealthy mental state, suggesting the horror of death and decay, caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathologyNot sound and healthf
desolate, murky, bleak, dark, depressive, depressing, darkening, cold, lonely,somber
cheerful, cordial, gay, merry, comforting, bright, buoyant, joyful, joyous, bright
The room was pervaded by a morbid stench of decay.
Her morbid fascination with death extended to collecting antique funeral memorabilia.
The autopsy report revealed a morbidly obese patient with severe organ failure.
His morbid fear of spiders led him to avoid venturing outside during the summer months.
