Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Definitions 2

mor⋅bid 

1. suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude; unwholesomely gloomy, sensitive, extreme, etc.: a morbid interest in death.
2. affected by, caused by, causing, or characteristic of disease.
3. pertaining to diseased parts: morbid anatomy.
4. gruesome; grisly.


Origin: 1650–60; < L morbidus sickly, equiv. to morb(us) sickness + -idus 4 Related forms:
mor⋅bid⋅ly, adverb
mor⋅bid⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:2. unwholesome, diseased, unhealthy, sick, sickly; tainted, corrupted, vitiated.

It might be a good idea for someone to check on my sanity today. I swear I'm not as demented as my head is pretending to be right now! Shh...it could be a lie.

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