Both Uses of
morbid
in
David Copperfield
- I don't watch his eye in idleness, but because I am morbidly attracted to it, in a dread desire to know what he will do next, and whether it will be my turn to suffer, or somebody else's.†
Chpt 7-9
- I have preyed on my own morbid coward heart, and it has preyed on me.†
Chpt 37-39 *
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