Definition

1. Noun:
   • The quality of being unhealthful and generally bad for you: "Morbidness" refers to the state or characteristic of being unhealthy, diseased, or harmful to physical or mental well-being.
   • An abnormally gloomy or unhealthy state of mind: "Morbidness" also denotes a mental state characterized by an excessive and unhealthy preoccupation with dark, gloomy, or unpleasant subjects, such as disease or death.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The doctor warned about the morbidness of a sedentary lifestyle and poor diet. (This describes the unhealthful quality of the lifestyle.)
  • His constant brooding on disaster revealed a deep-seated morbidness. (This describes an unhealthy, gloomy state of mind.)
  • The novel explores the morbidness of the protagonist's obsession with decay. (This describes the unhealthy quality of the character's thoughts.)

Advanced Usage

• "Morbidness of thought": A specific phrase describing unhealthy patterns of thinking.
  • The therapy aimed to alleviate the morbidness of thought that fueled his anxiety.

Variants and Related Words

• Morbidity (n): A more common synonym with identical meanings: the condition of being diseased or the incidence of disease in a population, or an unhealthy mental state.
  • The report studied the morbidity associated with air pollution.
• Morbid (adj): Describing something related to disease, unhealthiness, or an unhealthy interest in dark subjects.
  • She had a morbid fascination with crime scenes.

Synonyms

• Unhealthiness: The state of being detrimental to health.
• Gloominess: A state of melancholy or depression (for the mental aspect).
• Lugubriousness: Excessive sadness or mournfulness.

Related Phrases

• "Veer on morbidity/morbidness": To approach or border on an unhealthy state.
  • His fear of being alone verges on morbidness.

Noun

1. the quality of being unhealthful and generally bad for you
2. an abnormally gloomy or unhealthy state of mind
   • his fear of being alone verges on morbidity