morbid

 
Pronunciation: /ˈmɔːbɪd/

adjective

  • 1characterized by an abnormal and unhealthy interest in disturbing and unpleasant subjects, especially death and disease: his morbid fascination with the horrors of contemporary warfare
  • 2 Medicine of the nature of or indicative of disease: the treatment of morbid obesity

Derivatives

morbidity

Pronunciation: /-ˈbɪdɪti/
noun

morbidly

adverb

morbidness

noun

Origin:

mid 17th century (in the medical sense): from Latin morbidus, from morbus 'disease'