Synonyms for morbid
ˈmɔr bɪdmor·bid

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1. morbidadjective

   Of, or relating to disease.

   Synonyms:
   pathological

2. morbidadjective

   Unhealthy or unwholesome, especially psychologically: mentally ill

   Synonyms:
   unhealthy, unwholesome, sick, twisted, warped

3. morbidadjective

   Suggesting the horror of death; macabre or ghoulish

   Synonyms:
   grim, black, macabre, ghoulish

4. morbidadjective

   Grisly or gruesome.

   Synonyms:
   gory, disgusting, grisly, sickening, bloody, gruesome

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1. morbid

   Synonyms:
   diseased, unsound, unhealthy, sickly

   Antonyms:
   wholesome, healthy, sound

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1. morbidadjective

   suggesting an unhealthy mental state

   "morbid interest in death"; "morbid curiosity"

   Synonyms:
   ghoulish, diseased, pathologic, pathological

   Antonyms:
   healthy, wholesome, inoffensive

2. ghoulish, morbidadjective

   suggesting the horror of death and decay

   "morbid details"

   Synonyms:
   ghoulish, diseased, pathologic, pathological

   Antonyms:
   wholesome, inoffensive, healthy

3. diseased, morbid, pathologic, pathologicaladjective

   caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology

   "diseased tonsils"; "a morbid growth"; "pathologic tissue"; "pathological bodily processes"

   Synonyms:
   ghoulish, diseased, pathologic, pathological

   Antonyms:
   healthy, inoffensive, wholesome

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1. morbidadjective

   Synonyms:
   diseased, sickly, unsound, unhealthy, tainted, vitiated, corrupted, indicative of disease

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1. List of paraphrases for "morbid":

   pathological, disease

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1. Von Humboldt:

   It is resignation and contentment that are best calculated to lead us safely through life. Whoever has not sufficient power to endure privations, and even suffering, can never feel that he is armour-proof against painful emotions; nay, he must attribute to himself, or at least to the morbid sensitiveness of his nature, every disagreeable feeling he may suffer.

2. Emily Odesser:

   It never got to the point where I made any attempts or serious plans but I remember it was kind of this morbid obsession, when I was walking to school and I would see a car drive by me I would be like ‘Oh if I just go in front of that I can end this’, [or] I would see a knife in the kitchen and be like ‘If I just use this I could end it.’.

3. Helen Strudwick:

   The coffins show the skill and care with which the Egyptians prepared for the afterlife, to us, for whom death is a taboo subject, this seems like a morbid preoccupation. In fact, it was an obsession with life and an urgent wish to ensure its perfected continuation.

4. Photographer Helge Skodvin:

   The more exotic, the better. ... We're so used to giving a dog a kiss, but we're not used to giving a lion a kiss, there are some people who make a living making your favorite cat or your favorite dog into a stuffed animal so you can always have it with you, but that's really morbid in a way.

5. Charles Sizemore:

   The demographic trend will probably last a couple of decades, it's morbid, but the time will come for every boomer, and the result of that is a very good backdrop for these companies.