different between indisposed vs morbid

English

Etymology

in- +? disposed

Adjective

indisposed (comparative more indisposed, superlative most indisposed)

1. Mildly ill.

   He was indisposed with a cold.

2. Not disposed, predisposed, or inclined; unwilling.

   I stayed indoors all day, feeling indisposed to finish mowing the lawn.

3. Not yet ready (especially with regard to receiving a visitor) because not yet arranged into a state of readiness (i.e., not disposed); (especially, more specifically):
   1. (euphemistic) In the lavatory/WC.
   2. (euphemistic) Undressed; not yet dressed enough to be seen by visitors.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:diseased

Related terms

• indisposition

Translations

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)

1. (originally) Of, or relating to disease. [from 1650s]
2. (by extension) Taking an interest in unhealthy or unwholesome subjects such as death, decay, disease. [from 1770s]
3. Suggesting the horror of death; macabre or ghoulish
4. 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)

1. morbid

Declension

Derived terms

• komorbid
• Morbidität