Words from Todays Newspaper: Word#1 of the day: MORBID The Naga society is seething with multiple tensions intermittently erupting into morbid fratricidal violence. [The sentence given above has been taken from todays newspaper (dated: Jan 23, 2014)]. Morbid is an adjective used in relation to unpleasant subjects (death), or something that is not healthy or normal. The word is derived from the Latin word morbidus, which means diseased, and was first known to be used in 1656. Some sentences exemplifying the meaning of word morbid are: a. She has a morbid interest in funerals. b. My grandfather was suffering from a morbid condition. Synonyms include dismal, glum, depressing etc.
Posted on: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 11:10:59 +0000