morboso

adj.

1 morbid, sickly.

2 sickly obsessed.

3 morbid, unwholesome.

4 shocking.

5 disease-related, pathological.

m.

1 sickly-obsessed person, person who is attracted by morbid situations or scenes, person who is unhealthily obsessed by gruesome or sexual scenes, sexually-obsessed person.

2 ghoul, macabre person.

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morboso

► adjetivo

1 MEDICINA (enfermo) morbid

2 familiar (obsesión, placer) morbid; (persona) kinky

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FRASEOLOGÍA

ser un,-a morboso,-a familiar to be a pervert

placer morboso morbid pleasure

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ADJ

1) (=malsano) [persona, mente] morbid; [espectáculo] gruesome

curiosidad morbosa — morbid curiosity

2) (=atractivo) sexually attractive

3) (=enfermo) morbid, sickly; [clima, zona] unhealthy

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I

-sa adjetivo

a) <escena/película> gruesome; <persona/mente> ghoulish; (truculento, retorcido) morbid

b) (Med) morbid

II

-sa masculino, femenino (fam) ghoul

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= unhealthy, gory [gorier -comp., goriest -sup.], lurid, morbid, juicy [juicier -comp., juiciest -sup.].

Ex. I would venture to guess that he would have characterized these suggestions as the eructation of unhealthy souls'.

Ex. Nowadays, the gory process of 'blood doping' in athlectics has been replaced by genetic engineering.

Ex. At the end of the day, there may be only a thin line that separates news from advertisements, as one travels from the lurid to the ridiculous.

Ex. His in danger of becoming hipped, a prey to his own doubts and fears, and unable to accomplish anything in life beyond catering to his own morbid fancies.

Ex. The book 'If Looks Could Kill' is a juicy, tell-all, insider's look at the true world of fashion.

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I

-sa adjetivo

a) <escena/película> gruesome; <persona/mente> ghoulish; (truculento, retorcido) morbid

b) (Med) morbid

II

-sa masculino, femenino (fam) ghoul

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= unhealthy, gory [gorier -comp., goriest -sup.], lurid, morbid, juicy [juicier -comp., juiciest -sup.].

Ex: I would venture to guess that he would have characterized these suggestions as the eructation of unhealthy souls'.

Ex: Nowadays, the gory process of 'blood doping' in athlectics has been replaced by genetic engineering.

Ex: At the end of the day, there may be only a thin line that separates news from advertisements, as one travels from the lurid to the ridiculous.

Ex: His in danger of becoming hipped, a prey to his own doubts and fears, and unable to accomplish anything in life beyond catering to his own morbid fancies.

Ex: The book 'If Looks Could Kill' is a juicy, tell-all, insider's look at the true world of fashion.

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morboso¹ -sa

adjective

1 ‹escena/película› gruesome; ‹persona/mente› ghoulish; (truculento, retorcido) morbid

2 (Med) morbid

morboso² -sa

masculine, feminine

(fam); ghoul

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morboso

◊ -sa adjetivo ‹escena/película› gruesome;

‹persona/mente› ghoulish;
(truculento, retorcido) morbid
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (fam) ghoul
morboso,-a adj (persona, interés, placer) morbid: sentí una curiosidad morbosa por saber los detalles de su ruptura, I was morbidly curious about the details of her breakup
'morboso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
morbosa
English:
ghoulish
- morbid
- sick
- ghoul
- lurid

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morboso, -a

♦ adj

1. [persona, interés] morbid, ghoulish;

[escena, descripción] gruesome

2. [de la enfermedad] morbid

♦ nm,f

ghoul

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morboso

adj perverted

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morboso, -sa adj

: morbid

♦ morbosidad nf