Antonyms for morbid
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : mawr-bid |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɔr bɪd |
Definition of morbid
Origin :- 1650s, "of the nature of a disease, indicative of a disease," from Latin morbidus "diseased," from morbus "sickness, disease, ailment, illness," from root of mori "to die," which is possibly from PIE root *mer- "to rub, pound, wear away" (cf. Sanskrit mrnati "crushes, bruises;" Greek marainein "to consume, exhaust, put out, quench," marasmus "consumption"). Transferred use, of mental states, is from 1777. Related: Morbidly; morbidness.
- adj gloomy, nasty, sickly
- Philip himself, too, was morbid in his excessive tenderness for this boy.
- Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- This was no morbid sentimentalist; no pining, heart-broken woman.
- Extract from : « Hetty's Strange History » by Anonymous
- You may say that Robespierre was morbid and unbalanced, and you may say the same of Bunyan.
- Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
- The official brains of the nation are in a morbid condition.
- Extract from : « Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 » by Adam Gurowski
- I shrunk with morbid nervousness from owning to any knowledge of Eugen.
- Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill
- Neither of them had natural tact, and Godwin's sensibility was morbid.
- Extract from : « Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle » by H. N. Brailsford
- From a just view of his responsibilities he had gone on to a morbid one.
- Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine
- The idea, morbid as it might be, brought him solace this time.
- Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine
- "Surely that must be a morbid fancy," Greta said in a distressed tone.
- Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
- To Charles, no doubt, this seemed a morbid notion to be discouraged.
- Extract from : « The Historical Nights' Entertainment » by Rafael Sabatini
Synonyms for morbid
- aberrant
- abnormal
- ailing
- brooding
- dark
- deadly
- depressed
- despondent
- diseased
- dreadful
- frightful
- ghastly
- ghoulish
- grim
- grisly
- gruesome
- hideous
- horrid
- infected
- irascible
- macabre
- malignant
- melancholy
- monstrous
- moody
- pessimistic
- saturnine
- sick
- somber
- sullen
- unhealthy
- unnatural
- unsound
- unusual
- unwholesome
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