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单词 morbid
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Definition of morbid in English:

morbid

adjective ˈmɔːbɪdˈmɔrbəd
  • 1Characterized by an abnormal and unhealthy interest in disturbing and unpleasant subjects, especially death and disease.

    病态的(尤指对于死亡和疾病等事物的不正常兴趣)

    his morbid fascination with the horrors of contemporary warfare

    他长时间一直对当代战争的恐怖有一种病态的专注。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • These are morbid subjects that most people don't like to think about.
    • As much as it was a part of society I found it morbid and disgusting to laugh and cheer and a horrible death just for entertainment.
    • I can't think of a single reason to buy this album except for morbid curiosity.
    • We paused with morbid fascination at the scene of the recent lorry tragedy and peered cautiously over the edge.
    • I know that a number of people come to this site solely out of morbid curiosity about Raychel's murder.
    • Add to this the morbid fascination people have with viewing a corpse and I'm done for.
    • So, what is this morbid fascination with complete inhumanity?
    • His work reveals a powerful imagination and an often morbid interest in themes of love and death.
    • He had proved to be an interesting, if slightly morbid and subdued, traveling companion.
    • Watching the best players in the world right now mostly failing to match up to the requirements has provided a morbid kind of fascination.
    • The sight of it has made me morbid and I have been thinking about death.
    • It is that he had a morbid fascination with death and he was also an enthusiastic frequenter of public executions.
    • You watch with morbid fascination as his world slowly crumbles around him.
    • Despite our hatred of the whole process, we still had this morbid fascination with it.
    • Is it boredom, morbid curiosity or just a downright nosiness to see how unfavourably other people's lives compare?
    • A casual view of some of our articles might suggest a morbid fascination with the dead.
    • Out of the side streets opposite the jail they came by scores, drawn for the most part by idle and morbid curiosity.
    • Why she has chosen to explore such a morbid subject is anyone's guess.
    • There is a morbid nostalgia in the desire to draw death back into our everyday lives.
    • He dreaded hearing the answer, but morbid curiosity forced him to ask the question.
    • We stayed out of morbid curiosity to see what would happen.
    Synonyms
    ghoulish, macabre, unhealthy, gruesome, grisly, grotesque, ghastly, horrible, unwholesome, death-obsessed
    informal sick
  • 2Medicine
    Of the nature of or indicative of disease.

    〔医〕病的,致病的

    the treatment of morbid obesity

    病态肥胖的治疗。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Obesity is associated with multiple morbid conditions and a loss in life expectancy.
    • You know, patients with obesity and morbid obesity, are some of the sickest patients that surgeons see.
    • When we speak of morbid obesity, are all women in this assumed weight category unhealthy or at risk for diseases?
    • Only one person in seven suffering from morbid obesity will live to his or her full life expectancy.
    • Deep puncture wounds from animal bites become morbid if not promptly tended and closely followed.
    Synonyms
    diseased, pathological

Derivatives

  • morbidness

  • noun
    • A good way to snap out of such morbidness is anger - raw anger directed at the people responsible for such atrocities.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • For all his morbidness and grotesque humor, he rarely lost touch with an emotional core in his songwriting.
      • Well, I am still alive, no sense dwelling on the morbidness of it all.
      • She evokes the desperate sense of morbidness that looms over their daily life.

Origin

Mid 17th century (in the medical sense): from Latin morbidus, from morbus 'disease'.

  • Morbid is from Latin morbus ‘disease’. It was first used to mean ‘indicative of disease’ and did not come to be used for ‘gloomy, unhealthy’ until the late 18th century.

Definition of morbid in US English:

morbid

adjectiveˈmôrbədˈmɔrbəd
  • 1Characterized by or appealing to an abnormal and unhealthy interest in disturbing and unpleasant subjects, especially death and disease.

    病态的(尤指对于死亡和疾病等事物的不正常兴趣)

    he had long held a morbid fascination with the horrors of contemporary warfare

    他长时间一直对当代战争的恐怖有一种病态的专注。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • So, what is this morbid fascination with complete inhumanity?
    • I know that a number of people come to this site solely out of morbid curiosity about Raychel's murder.
    • Out of the side streets opposite the jail they came by scores, drawn for the most part by idle and morbid curiosity.
    • I can't think of a single reason to buy this album except for morbid curiosity.
    • We stayed out of morbid curiosity to see what would happen.
    • Watching the best players in the world right now mostly failing to match up to the requirements has provided a morbid kind of fascination.
    • Is it boredom, morbid curiosity or just a downright nosiness to see how unfavourably other people's lives compare?
    • A casual view of some of our articles might suggest a morbid fascination with the dead.
    • It is that he had a morbid fascination with death and he was also an enthusiastic frequenter of public executions.
    • You watch with morbid fascination as his world slowly crumbles around him.
    • We paused with morbid fascination at the scene of the recent lorry tragedy and peered cautiously over the edge.
    • He had proved to be an interesting, if slightly morbid and subdued, traveling companion.
    • As much as it was a part of society I found it morbid and disgusting to laugh and cheer and a horrible death just for entertainment.
    • Add to this the morbid fascination people have with viewing a corpse and I'm done for.
    • He dreaded hearing the answer, but morbid curiosity forced him to ask the question.
    • Why she has chosen to explore such a morbid subject is anyone's guess.
    • There is a morbid nostalgia in the desire to draw death back into our everyday lives.
    • Despite our hatred of the whole process, we still had this morbid fascination with it.
    • His work reveals a powerful imagination and an often morbid interest in themes of love and death.
    • These are morbid subjects that most people don't like to think about.
    • The sight of it has made me morbid and I have been thinking about death.
    Synonyms
    ghoulish, macabre, unhealthy, gruesome, grisly, grotesque, ghastly, horrible, unwholesome, death-obsessed
  • 2Medicine
    Of the nature of or indicative of disease.

    〔医〕病的,致病的

    the treatment of morbid obesity

    病态肥胖的治疗。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Only one person in seven suffering from morbid obesity will live to his or her full life expectancy.
    • You know, patients with obesity and morbid obesity, are some of the sickest patients that surgeons see.
    • Deep puncture wounds from animal bites become morbid if not promptly tended and closely followed.
    • Obesity is associated with multiple morbid conditions and a loss in life expectancy.
    • When we speak of morbid obesity, are all women in this assumed weight category unhealthy or at risk for diseases?
    Synonyms
    diseased, pathological

Origin

Mid 17th century (in the medical sense): from Latin morbidus, from morbus ‘disease’.

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