- 1having or expressing a strong interest in sad or unpleasant things, especially disease or death He had a morbid fascination with blood. “He might even die.” “Don't be so morbid.” She watched with morbid curiosity. My mind was filled with morbid thoughts of death.
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- 2(medical) connected with disease
NAmE//mɔrˈbɪdət̮i//
noun [uncountable] adverbSee morbid in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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