# morbid

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈmɔː.bɪd/ · frequency rank #20,711

## Definitions
1. Of, relating to, or afflicted by disease.
2. Taking an interest in, or fixating on, unhealthy or unwholesome subjects such as death, decay, disease.
3. Suggesting the horror of death; macabre or ghoulish.
4. Grisly or gruesome.

## 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”).

## Easily confused with
- **Mori** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morbid-vs-mori)
- **Morin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morbid-vs-morin)
- **Moria** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morbid-vs-moria)
- **morris** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morbid-vs-morris)
- **morbidly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morbid-vs-morbidly)
- **Mobil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mobil-vs-morbid)
- **mobbed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mobbed-vs-morbid)

## Common misspellings (9)
`mmorbid`, `mobrid`, `morbbid`, `morbdi`, `morbidd`, `moribd`, `morrbid`, `mrobid`, `omrbid`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/morbid