morbidly
In diseased fashion
Morbidly means in a way that reflects unhealthy preoccupation with disturbing subjects, especially death, disease, or the gruesome: She was morbidly fascinated by true crime documentaries.
The word also describes medical conditions that are severely unhealthy: morbidly obese indicates weight dangerous enough to cause serious health problems.
Obsessively attached or focused
- preoccupiedMentally elsewhere, not present
- unhealthilyIn harm-causing manner
- compulsivelyDriven by irresistible urge
- excessivelyBeyond proper measure
pathologically · abnormally · consumed · fascinated · dwelling · brooding · ruminating · absorbed
Causing horror and disgust
- ghastlyTerrifyingly horrible or pale
- grotesqueDistorted, bizarre figure
- eerieDisturbingly strange
- creepyDisturbingly strange
sinister · ghoulish · cadaverous · deathly · corpse-like · necromantic · charnel · morgue
Dark and dispiriting
- bleakDreary and without cheer
- grimHarsh and foreboding
- sombreGloomy and serious
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
depressing · dismal · pessimistic · fatalistic · brooding · morose · despairing · hopeless
fixated
Obsessively attached or focused
- preoccupiedMentally elsewhere, not present
- unhealthilyIn harm-causing manner
- compulsivelyDriven by irresistible urge
excessively · pathologically · abnormally · consumed · fascinated · dwelling · brooding · ruminating · absorbed · engrossed
gruesome
Causing horror and disgust
creepy · sinister · ghoulish · cadaverous · deathly · corpse-like · necromantic · charnel · morgue · autopsy
gloomy
Dark and dispiriting
melancholy · depressing · dismal · pessimistic · fatalistic · brooding · morose · despairing · hopeless · dreary
morbidlycheerfully
In a glad manner
joyfully · happily · brightly · lightheartedly · optimistically
morbidlyhealthily
In beneficial manner
wholesomely · normally · moderately · innocently · slightly
- morbid curiosityInterest in disturbing things
- morbid fascinationAttraction to grisly subjects
- morbid humorComedy about death, disease
- morbidly obeseFatness risking health
- morbid obesityDangerously excessive body fat