French Conversation · Level 100
59 words
French word
morbide
Pronunciation
IPA/mɔʁbid/
Meaning
- adjectivemorbid
Example
Son intérêt pour la mort est morbide.
His interest in death is morbid.
More examples
Son rire a parfois un ton morbide.
His laugh sometimes has a morbid tone.
Core concept
Something drawn toward death or bleakness while creating discomfort rather than simple sadness.
Common phrases
intérêt morbide
morbid interest
humour morbide
morbid humor
Similar words
macabre: Involving death or eerie things, with a chilling and unsettling effect.
malsain: Unhealthy or harmful to the body or mind.
sinistre: Dark and ominous, suggesting danger or impending trouble.
funèbre: Funereal, dark, sorrowful, and heavy in mood.
Definition in French
Qui manifeste une attirance excessive et malsaine pour le macabre, ou qui donne une impression de tristesse et de malaise.
Word origin
The French adjective morbide is a learned borrowing from Latin morbidus, meaning diseased or unhealthy, whose figurative sense developed for troubling thoughts and impressions.
Usage tips
- Morbide commonly takes pour before the object of an unhealthy interest, as in un intérêt morbide pour la mort.
Other meanings
- unhealthyadjective
- gloomyadjective
Opposites
- sainhealthyadjective