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What does morbid mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word morbid? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. (originally) Of, or relating to disease. [from 1650s]
  2. (by extension) Taking an interest in unhealthy or unwholesome subjects such as death, decay, disease. [from 1770s]
  3. Suggesting the horror of death; macabre or ghoulish
  4. Grisly or gruesome.
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It is the strength of this desire that breeds his morbid dread of humiliation.
You teeter on the brink of more serious madness, perhaps as a result of frequent exposure to morbid imagery and bizarre literature.
Surgery for morbid obesity is usually the last-resort intervention in patients who have tried all other weight-reduction treatments.
The juxtaposition of my somewhat flatly morbid work with the life and vitality of the farm is quite provoking.
Andrew was recalled from his morbid reverie by his guide's gentle grasping at his right elbow.
To date, long-term medical therapies and regimens have not been effective in treating morbid obesity.

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