1. suggesting an unhealthy mental state - morbid interest in death - morbid curiosity • Similar to: unwholesome • Derivationally related forms: morbidity, morbidness 2. suggesting the horror of death and decay - morbid details • Syn: ghoulish • Similar to: offensive 3. caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology - diseased tonsils - a morbid growth - pathologic tissue - pathological bodily processes • Syn: diseased, pathologic, pathological • Similar to: unhealthy • Derivationally related forms: pathology (for: pathological), pathology (for: pathologic), morbidity