morbid

Universal Words adjective 1 having or expressing a strong interest in sad or unpleasant things, especially disease or death: He had a morbid fascination with blood. * 'He might even die.' 'Don't be so morbid.' * She watched with morbid curiosity. * My mind was filled with morbid thoughts of death. 2 (medical) connected with disease morbidity noun [U] morbidly adverb