morbid, sordid

morbid, sordid
Although these words have a slight connection, they should be differentiated. A morbid person is in an unhealthy mental state, is excessively gloomy: "Dick has a morbid view of man's future." Morbid also means "gruesome," "horrible," "grim": "Motorists slowed down to observe the morbid sight of the recent accident." Sordid means "poor" or "run-down" (a sordid place to live) and "selfish" or "base" (the sordid methods of narcotics dealers). Approximate synonyms for sordid are degraded, soiled, unclean, foul, and depraved. Words related to morbid are unhealthy, diseased, tainted, corrupted, and unwholesome.

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