morbidly

Meanings

• adverb

  expressing or causing feelings of fear, sadness, or gloom; marked by or suggestive of death or decay; ominous or ominously portending

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with morbidly
dily , hily , sily , tily

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Variants

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morbid , morbidly , morbidness , morbidnesses

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Etymology

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From Old French morbide, from morbid, akin to Latin morbus 'disease'.

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Trivia

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1. The word 'morbidly' has been used as the title of several works of literature, including a short story by Edgar Allan Poe and a novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

2. The term 'morbid obesity' is used in medicine to describe a body mass index (BMI) of 40 or higher.

3. In psychology, morbid curiosity is a term used to describe an excessive fascination with things that are unpleasant or distressing.

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Related Concepts

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1. Melancholy: A state of sadness or depression, often with no apparent reason. Morbidly can intensify the feeling of melancholy.

2. Gothic literature: A genre of literature that focuses on the macabre, the supernatural, and the grotesque. Morbidly is often used to describe the tone or atmosphere of Gothic literature.

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Quotes

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1. Some of the material has been disclosed before, but it is wonderful to have the quotations from President Nixon and his aides gathered here in all their "morbid" splendor.

   - Anthony Lewis,{it}New York Review of Books{/it},7 Apr. 2005

2. Danger can be sexy, but "morbid" proselytizing is a real buzzkill.

   - Emily Gordon,{it}Nation{/it},5 May 1997

3. She suffered from a "morbid" streak which in all the life of the family reached out on occasions—the worst occasions—and touched us, clung around us, making it worse for her; her unbearable moments could find nowhere to go.

   - Eudora Welty,{it}One Writer's Beginnings{/it},1983

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Culture

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In literature and art, morbidly can refer to a fascination with death or the macabre. It can also be used to describe a person or situation that is excessively sad or gloomy.

How to Memorize "morbidly"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a scene that is sad, gloomy, or macabre. Visualize the feeling of morbidity in this scene.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'morbidly' with words like 'gloom', 'sadness', 'death', and 'decay'. When you see or hear these words, think of 'morbidly'.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the acronym MORBID: 'M' for Morbid, 'O' for Ominous, 'R' for Resembling death, 'B' for Bringing sadness, 'I' for Intensifying feelings, and 'D' for Depicting the macabre.

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