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morbidness

Meanings
  • noun

    A quality or state of being morbid; preoccupation with death or the macabre.

  • noun

    A state of excessive preoccupation with death, disease, or suffering.

Rhymes
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dreary , weary , quagmire , squire , hire
Variants
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morbid , morbidly , morbidness , morbidnesses
Etymology
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From morbid + -ness

Trivia
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  1. The word 'morbid' comes from the Latin word 'morbus', meaning 'disease'.

  2. Morbidity rates are often used to measure the prevalence of disease in a population.

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  1. Melancholy: A feeling of sadness, despondency, or gloominess. Morbidness and melancholy share some thematic similarities, but morbidness is more focused on death and the macabre.

  2. Gothic: A genre of literature and art that explores the themes of death, horror, and the supernatural. Morbidness is a common theme in gothic works.

Quotes
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  1. Some of the material has been disclosed before, but it is wonderful to have the quotations from President Nixon and his aides gathered here in all their "morbid" splendor.

    - Anthony Lewis,{it}New York Review of Books{/it},7 Apr. 2005

  2. Danger can be sexy, but "morbid" proselytizing is a real buzzkill.

    - Emily Gordon,{it}Nation{/it},5 May 1997

  3. She suffered from a "morbid" streak which in all the life of the family reached out on occasions—the worst occasions—and touched us, clung around us, making it worse for her; her unbearable moments could find nowhere to go.

    - Eudora Welty,{it}One Writer's Beginnings{/it},1983
Culture
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Morbidness has been a common theme in various forms of art and literature, particularly in the genres of horror, gothic, and the supernatural. It is often used to evoke feelings of unease, fear, and fascination with the darker aspects of life.

How to Memorize "morbidness"

  1. visualize

    - Imagine a dark, gloomy room filled with skulls and bones. This can help you remember the concept of morbidness as a preoccupation with death and the macabre.

  2. associate

    - Associate the word 'morbidness' with images of graveyards, coffins, and other symbols of death.

  3. mnemonics

    - Use the mnemonic 'MORBID' to remember the meaning of morbidness: M - Macabre, O - Obsession, R - Repulsive, B - Bizarre, I - Intense, D - Dark

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