morbid

Definition

Of, relating to, or afflicted by disease.

Etymology

From Latin morbidus (“diseased”), from morbus (“sickness”), itself from the root of morī (“to die”) or directly from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to rub, pound, wear away”).

Example Sentences

• "“Enough to make a man morbid, to be stalked by beastly journalists and stared at by gaping moon-faced idiots, wherever he goes!”"
• "morbid boy"
• "morbid child"