Both Uses of
morbid
in
War and Peace
- It was evident that the more lifeless he seemed at ordinary times, the more impassioned he became in these moments of almost morbid irritation.†
Chpt 1 *
- Is the movement of the Russian people eastward to Kazan and Siberia expressed by details of the morbid character of Ivan the Terrible and by his correspondence with Kurbski?†
Chpt 15
Definition:
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(morbid as in: a morbid curiosity) suggesting death and decay; or an unhealthy interest in disturbing thoughts -- such as of death or cruelty