All morbid synonyms
morΒ·bid
M m adj morbid
- pessimistic β pertaining to or characterized by pessimism or the tendency to expect only bad outcomes; gloomy; joyless; unhopeful: His pessimistic outlook kept him from applying for jobs for which he was perfectly qualified.
- melancholy β sober thoughtfulness; pensiveness.
- macabre β gruesome and horrifying; ghastly; horrible.
- unnatural β contrary to the laws or course of nature.
- ghoulish β strangely diabolical or cruel; monstrous: a ghoulish and questionable sense of humor.
- ghastly β shockingly frightful or dreadful; horrible: a ghastly murder.
- gruesome β causing great horror; horribly repugnant; grisly: the site of a gruesome murder.
- grim β stern and admitting of no appeasement or compromise: grim determination; grim necessity.
- aberrant β Aberrant means unusual and not socially acceptable.
- abnormal β Someone or something that is abnormal is unusual, especially in a way that is worrying.
- ailing β An ailing organization or society is in difficulty and is becoming weaker.
- dark β When it is dark, there is not enough light to see properly, for example because it is night.
- deadly β If something is deadly, it is likely or able to cause someone's death, or has already caused someone's death.
- depressed β If you are depressed, you are sad and feel that you cannot enjoy anything, because your situation is so difficult and unpleasant.
- despondent β If you are despondent, you are very unhappy because you have been experiencing difficulties that you think you will not be able to overcome.
- diseased β a disordered or incorrectly functioning organ, part, structure, or system of the body resulting from the effect of genetic or developmental errors, infection, poisons, nutritional deficiency or imbalance, toxicity, or unfavorable environmental factors; illness; sickness; ailment.
- dreadful β causing great dread, fear, or terror; terrible: a dreadful storm.
- frightful β such as to cause fright; dreadful, terrible, or alarming: A frightful howl woke us.
- grisly β gristly.
- hideous β horrible or frightful to the senses; repulsive; very ugly: a hideous monster.
- irascible β easily provoked to anger; very irritable: an irascible old man.
- malignant β disposed to cause harm, suffering, or distress deliberately; feeling or showing ill will or hatred.
- monstrous β frightful or hideous, especially in appearance; extremely ugly.
- moody β given to gloomy, depressed, or sullen moods; ill-humored.
- saturnine β sluggish in temperament; gloomy; taciturn.
- sick β afflicted with ill health or disease; ailing.
- somber β gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted: a somber passageway.
- sullen β showing irritation or ill humor by a gloomy silence or reserve.
- unhealthy β not in a state of good or normal health; in an unsound, weak, or morbid condition.
- unsound β not sound; unhealthy, diseased, or disordered, as the body or mind.
- unusual β not usual, common, or ordinary; uncommon in amount or degree; exceptional: an unusual sound; an unusual hobby; an unusual response.
- unwholesome β not wholesome; unhealthful; deleterious to health or physical or moral well-being: unwholesome food; unwholesome activities.
- horrid β such as to cause horror; shockingly dreadful; abominable.
- brooding β Brooding is used to describe an atmosphere or feeling that makes you feel anxious or slightly afraid.
- infected β to affect or contaminate (a person, organ, wound, etc.) with disease-producing germs.
adjective morbid
- morose β gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.
- gloomy β dark or dim; deeply shaded: gloomy skies.
- melancholic β disposed to or affected with melancholy; gloomy.
- nasty β physically filthy; disgustingly unclean: a nasty pigsty of a room.
- sickly β not strong; unhealthy; ailing.
- sinister β threatening or portending evil, harm, or trouble; ominous: a sinister remark.
- perverse β willfully determined or disposed to go counter to what is expected or desired; contrary.
- ominous β portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious: an ominous bank of dark clouds.
- baleful β Baleful means harmful, or expressing harmful intentions.
- maleficent β doing evil or harm; harmfully malicious: maleficent destroyers of reputations.