adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
morbid curiosity (= a feeling of wanting to know about death or other bad things that happen )
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the morbid curiosity of the onlookers at the trial
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
curiosity
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Ken particularly used to enjoy the murder trials - not for any morbid curiosity , but for the drama unfolding.
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Cairns and co focus on the oddities of human nature with a certain morbid curiosity .
fascination
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Is it morbid fascination that holds your attention?
fear
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Few people would dare to refuse them out of a morbid fear of them and the curse a refusal may incur.
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Miss Russell had a morbid fear of sunlight fading carpets and furnishings, so the curtains were half drawn as usual.
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We were to fly across, which suited me, as I had a morbid fear of being torpedoed at sea.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a morbid gene
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Judging from the book's sales, people have a morbid fascination with murder.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A father's self-confidence and certainty were transformed into disorientation, self-doubt and a morbid contemplation of death.
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But the film has a morbid elegance and an exotic lust for the jugular.
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He walked quickly, his head full of morbid thoughts.
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I didn't mind; it kept my thoughts off morbid fancies about Granny in her wooden box.
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Le Fanu was not alone in experiencing a morbid convergence between his life and his imaginings.
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Some people react so strongly against the morbid view of doubt that they treat doubt casually, even celebrate it.
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That had always struck me as pretty morbid , but this was the season of goodwill to all men.
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You're really morbid , you are.