different between gory vs morbid
gory
English
Etymology
From gore +? -y. Compare Middle English güre, gire, girre (“gory, clotted”), from Old English gyr, gyru (“filthy, muddy”), from gor (“dirt, dung”); Old Frisian gere, iere (“muddy water”). More at gore.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?????.i/
- Rhymes: -??ri
Adjective
gory (comparative gorier, superlative goriest)
- covered with blood, very bloody
- (informal) unpleasant
- Her autobiography gives all the gory details of her many divorces.
Translations
Anagrams
- Gy?r, gyro, gyro-, ogry, orgy
Lower Sorbian
Noun
gory
- Superseded spelling of góry.
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morbid
English
Etymology
From Latin morbidus (“diseased”), from morbus (“sickness”), itself from the root of morior (“die”) or directly from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to rub, pound, wear away”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?m??.b?d/
- (US) IPA(key): /?m??.b?d/
Adjective
morbid (comparative more morbid, superlative most morbid)
- (originally) Of, or relating to disease. [from 1650s]
- (by extension) Taking an interest in unhealthy or unwholesome subjects such as death, decay, disease. [from 1770s]
- Suggesting the horror of death; macabre or ghoulish
- Grisly or gruesome.
Synonyms
- (of or relating to disease): pathological
- (unhealthy or unwholesome): sick, twisted, unhealthy, unwholesome, warped
- (suggesting the horror of death): black, ghoulish, grim, macabre
- (grisly, gruesome): bloody, disgusting, gory, grisly, gruesome, sickening
Derived terms
- morbidity
- morbidly
- morbidness
Related terms
- morbidezza
- morbilous
Translations
Further reading
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “morbid”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Anagrams
- bromid
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m???bi?t/
Adjective
morbid (comparative morbider, superlative am morbidsten)
- morbid
Declension
Derived terms
- komorbid
- Morbidität
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