morbidとは意味・読み方・使い方

語源

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”).

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔː.bɪd/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔɹ.bɪd/

形容詞

morbid (comparative more morbid, superlative most morbid)

1. (originally) Of, or relating to disease. [from 1650s]
2. (by extension) Taking an interest in, or fixating on, unhealthy or unwholesome subjects such as death, decay, disease. [from 1770s]
3. Suggesting the horror of death; macabre or ghoulish.
4. Grisly or gruesome.

同意語

• (of または relating to disease): pathological
• (unhealthy または unwholesome): sick, twisted, unhealthy, unwholesome, warped
• (suggesting the horror of death): black, ghoulish, grim, macabre
• (grisly, gruesome): bloody, disgusting, gory, grisly, gruesome, sickening

派生語

• comorbidity
• hypermorbidity
• morbidity
• morbidly
• morbidness

関連する語

• morbidezza
• morbilous

Further reading

• Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “morbid”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

アナグラム

• bromid