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morbidest

morbidest is the superlative form of morbid.

Meaning of morbid

Adjective

morbid (comparative more morbid, superlative most morbid)

  1. (originally) Of, relating to, or afflicted by disease.
    • “Enough to make a man morbid, to be stalked by beastly journalists and stared at by gaping moon-faced idiots, wherever he goes!”1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 127
    Synonyms:
    pathological
  2. (broadly) Taking an interest in, or fixating on, unhealthy or unwholesome subjects such as death, decay, disease.
    • morbid boy
  3. Suggesting the horror of death; macabre or ghoulish.
    • morbid poem
    Synonyms:
    black, ghoulish, grim, macabre
  4. Grisly or gruesome.
    • morbid video

Questions about morbidest

What is morbidest the superlative form of?
Morbidest is the superlative form of morbid.

Words near morbidest in the dictionary

  1. morbi
  2. morbid
  3. morbid obesity
  4. morbid owlet
  5. morbider
  6. morbidest
  7. morbidezza
  8. morbidities
  9. morbidity
  10. morbidize
  11. morbidized

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