— morbidly , adv. — morbidness , n.
/mawr"bid/ , adj.
1. suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude; unwholesomely gloomy, sensitive, extreme, etc.: a morbid interest in death.
2. affected by, caused by, causing, or characteristic of disease.
3. pertaining to diseased parts: morbid anatomy.
4. gruesome; grisly.
[ 1650-60; morbidus sickly, equiv. to morb ( us ) sickness + -idus -ID 4 ]
Syn. 2. unwholesome, diseased, unhealthy, sick, sickly; tainted, corrupted, vitiated.
Ant. 1. cheerful. 2. healthy.