MORBID


Meaning of MORBID in English

adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

morbid curiosity (= a feeling of wanting to know about death or other bad things that happen )

the morbid curiosity of the onlookers at the trial

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

curiosity

Ken particularly used to enjoy the murder trials - not for any morbid curiosity , but for the drama unfolding.

Cairns and co focus on the oddities of human nature with a certain morbid curiosity .

fascination

Is it morbid fascination that holds your attention?

fear

Few people would dare to refuse them out of a morbid fear of them and the curse a refusal may incur.

Miss Russell had a morbid fear of sunlight fading carpets and furnishings, so the curtains were half drawn as usual.

We were to fly across, which suited me, as I had a morbid fear of being torpedoed at sea.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a morbid gene

Judging from the book's sales, people have a morbid fascination with murder.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

A father's self-confidence and certainty were transformed into disorientation, self-doubt and a morbid contemplation of death.

But the film has a morbid elegance and an exotic lust for the jugular.

He walked quickly, his head full of morbid thoughts.

I didn't mind; it kept my thoughts off morbid fancies about Granny in her wooden box.

Le Fanu was not alone in experiencing a morbid convergence between his life and his imaginings.

Some people react so strongly against the morbid view of doubt that they treat doubt casually, even celebrate it.

That had always struck me as pretty morbid , but this was the season of goodwill to all men.

You're really morbid , you are.

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