What is the meaning of morbid?

adjective

  • Suggesting an unhealthy mental state.
    • usage: "morbid interest in death"; "morbid curiosity"
  • Suggesting the horror of death and decay.
    • usage: "morbid details"
  • Caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology.
    • usage: "diseased tonsils"; "a morbid growth"; "pathologic tissue"; "pathological bodily processes"
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