morbid

/ˈmɔːbɪd/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈmɔːrbɪd/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈmȯr-bəd/ (ame, mw)

morbid — adjective

  • morbidpositive
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1. showing an unhealthy attraction to stories, images, or ideas about death and oth

1.形容詞C1
釋義

showing an unhealthy attraction to stories, images, or ideas about death and other grim topics

例句

Kemi's morbid curiosity kept her reading the article about the plane crash.

morbid curiosity - common collocation

The podcast's morbid jokes made several listeners switch it off.

morbid jokes / humor

同義詞
  • macabre

    stronger and often used for artistic or visual treatment of death

  • ghoulish

    suggests eager enjoyment of death, horror, or suffering

  • gruesome

    focuses more on shocking violent details than on unhealthy fascination

反義詞
  • wholesome

    suggests healthy, decent interests and attitudes

  • light-hearted

    describes a cheerful, playful tone rather than a dark one

用法筆記

Usually appears before nouns like 'curiosity', 'interest', 'fascination', or 'humor'. It suggests that the interest feels unhealthy or disturbing, not merely serious.

常見錯誤

❌She has a morbid cold today.
✅She has a severe cold today.
💡'morbid' does not mean simply 'very bad'; it usually refers to unhealthy interest in death or to disease-related use in medical contexts.

2. connected with illness, or produced by the harmful effects that disease has on t

2.形容詞C2
釋義

connected with illness, or produced by the harmful effects that disease has on the body

例句

The clinic opened a new ward for patients with morbid obesity.

morbid obesity - fixed medical collocation

The lecture explained the morbid changes seen in lungs after years of smoking.

morbid changes - disease-related pattern

同義詞
  • pathological

    more technical and often used in medical analysis

  • diseased

    more direct everyday description of something affected by disease

反義詞
  • healthy

    describes normal, disease-free condition

文法句型

morbid + noun

用法筆記

Mostly found in technical or medical writing, especially before nouns such as 'obesity', 'condition', or 'changes'. In everyday English, speakers usually choose a simpler adjective like 'diseased' or a phrase with 'caused by illness'.