morbidly
adverb/ˈmɔrbɪdli/
Frequency rank: #19,026 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
in a way that is unhealthily focused on unpleasant or disturbing subjects.
Example sentence
He was morbidly fascinated by stories of disasters and accidents.
Synonyms & related words
- unhealthily
- darkly
- obsessively
- macabrely
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