morbid
adjective/ˈmɔrbɪd/
Frequency rank: #9,974 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
having an unhealthy interest in disturbing or unpleasant subjects, especially death.
Example sentence
The detective had a strangely morbid curiosity about the details of the crime scene.
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