adj · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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UK:/ˈmɔː.bɪd/
US:/ˈmɔɹ.bɪd/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Of, relating to, or afflicted by disease.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: originally
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Taking an interest in, or fixating on, unhealthy or unwholesome subjects such as death, decay, disease.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
Examples
morbid boy
morbid child
morbid mind
morbid obsession
morbid question
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adj
Meaning 3
Suggesting the horror of death; macabre or ghoulish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
morbid poem
morbid song
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
adj
Meaning 4
Grisly or gruesome.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
morbid video
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
diseased tonsils
a morbid growth
pathologic tissue
pathological bodily processes
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: diseased, pathologic, pathological
Antonyms: none provided
6
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
suggesting the horror of death and decay
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
morbid details
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ghoulish
Antonyms: none provided
7
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
suggesting an unhealthy mental state
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
morbid interest in death
morbid curiosity
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mer-der.? Latin morbus Proto-Indo-European *dheh1-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin morbidusder. English morbid 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”).
Across languages
Translations
74 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
مَرْضِيّ
(marḍīyy)
— of or relating to disease
Armenian:
հիվանդագին
(hivandagin)
— of or relating to disease
Armenian:
հիվանդոտ
(hivandot)
— of or relating to disease
Bulgarian:
патологичен
(patologičen)
— of or relating to disease
Catalan:
mòrbid
— of or relating to disease
Czech:
chorobný
— of or relating to disease
Czech:
patologický
— of or relating to disease
Dutch:
morbide
— of or relating to disease
Dutch:
ongezond
— of or relating to disease
Dutch:
ziek
— of or relating to disease
Dutch:
ziekelijk
— of or relating to disease
Finnish:
sairaalloinen
— of or relating to disease
Finnish:
sairas
— of or relating to disease
French:
morbide
— of or relating to disease
Galician:
mórbido
— of or relating to disease
German:
morbid
— of or relating to disease
Irish:
galrach
— of or relating to disease
Italian:
morboso
— of or relating to disease
Japanese:
病的
(byōteki)
— of or relating to disease
Russian:
боле́зненный
(boléznennyj)
— of or relating to disease
Russian:
нездоро́вый
(nezdoróvyj)
— of or relating to disease
Spanish:
mórbido
— of or relating to disease
Turkish:
hastalıksal
— of or relating to disease
Turkish:
patolojik
— of or relating to disease
Ukrainian:
патологічний
(patolohičnyj)
— of or relating to disease
Ukrainian:
хворобливий
(xvoroblyvyj)
— of or relating to disease
Czech:
morbidní
— interested or fixated on death and decay
Bulgarian:
мрачен
(mračen)
— unhealthy or unwholesome, especially psychologically
Bulgarian:
меланхоличен
(melanholičen)
— unhealthy or unwholesome, especially psychologically
Czech:
nemocný
— unhealthy or unwholesome, especially psychologically
Dutch:
morbide
— unhealthy or unwholesome, especially psychologically
Dutch:
ongezond
— unhealthy or unwholesome, especially psychologically
Dutch:
ziekelijk
— unhealthy or unwholesome, especially psychologically
Finnish:
sairaalloinen
— unhealthy or unwholesome, especially psychologically
Finnish:
sairas
— unhealthy or unwholesome, especially psychologically
Galician:
mórbido
— unhealthy or unwholesome, especially psychologically
Georgian:
არაჯანსაღი
(araǯansaɣi)
— unhealthy or unwholesome, especially psychologically
Georgian:
ავადმყოფური
(avadmq̇opuri)
— unhealthy or unwholesome, especially psychologically
German:
krankhaft
— unhealthy or unwholesome, especially psychologically
Hebrew:
מורבידי
— unhealthy or unwholesome, especially psychologically
Hungarian:
beteges
— unhealthy or unwholesome, especially psychologically
Hungarian:
morbid
— unhealthy or unwholesome, especially psychologically
Italian:
morboso
— unhealthy or unwholesome, especially psychologically
Japanese:
不健全
(fukenzen)
— unhealthy or unwholesome, especially psychologically
Norwegian:
morbid
— unhealthy or unwholesome, especially psychologically
Plautdietsch:
looj
— unhealthy or unwholesome, especially psychologically
Portuguese:
mórbido
— unhealthy or unwholesome, especially psychologically
Russian:
ненорма́льный
(nenormálʹnyj)
— unhealthy or unwholesome, especially psychologically
Russian:
нездоро́вый
(nezdoróvyj)
— unhealthy or unwholesome, especially psychologically
Swedish:
morbid
— unhealthy or unwholesome, especially psychologically
Ukrainian:
нездоровий
(nezdorovyj)
— unhealthy or unwholesome, especially psychologically
Ukrainian:
хворий
(xvoryj)
— unhealthy or unwholesome, especially psychologically
Dutch:
morbide
— suggesting the horror of death
Dutch:
macaber
— suggesting the horror of death
Finnish:
kammottava
— suggesting the horror of death
Finnish:
makaaberi
— suggesting the horror of death
Hebrew:
מורבידי
— suggesting the horror of death
Italian:
raccapricciante
— suggesting the horror of death
Norwegian:
morbid
— suggesting the horror of death