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morbidness

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The property of being morbid.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: morbidity

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the quality of being unhealthful and generally bad for you

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unwholesomeness, morbidity

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: quality

Narrower terms: harmfulness, noisomeness, noxiousness, perniciousness, toxicity, deadliness, lethality, jejunity, jejuneness, putrescence, rottenness, unhealthfulness

3

noun

Meaning 3

an abnormally gloomy or unhealthy state of mind

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • his fear of being alone verges on morbidity

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: morbidity

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cognitive state, state of mind

History

Etymology

From morbid + -ness.