Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a morbid or diseased manner; in a way that indicates a diseased or morbid condition. See
morbid , 1.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a morbid manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
morbid manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a morbid manner or to a morbid degree
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Examples
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Jimmy Kelly isn't just overweight -- he's what they call morbidly obese, and his ponderous weight makes people stop, nudge the person next to them, and flat-out stare.
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Jimmy Kelly isn't just overweight -- he's what they call morbidly obese, and his ponderous weight makes people stop, nudge the person next to them, and flat-out stare.
The WritingYA Weblog: The Glasgow Book: Fat Boy Swim tanita davis 2008
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ROBERTS: Sanjay, you keep using the phrase morbidly obese.
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About 12 million people are classified as morbidly obese, defined as having a BMI over 40.
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But the increase has been greatest among those known as the morbidly obese that is to say those with a BMI of more than 40.
Our Big Problem 2010
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We find out that Jared the Subway Guy was actually way cooler in college when he was better known as the morbidly obese dude with the sick porn collection.
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I am what could be called morbidly obese, and have been for almost the entirety of my life.
Rob Kall: Keith Olbermann Terrorized and Gov Tries to Hide it 2006
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I am what could be called morbidly obese, and have been for almost the entirety of my life.
Rob Kall: Keith Olbermann Terrorized and Gov Tries to Hide it 2006
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I am what could be called morbidly obese, and have been for almost the entirety of my life.
Rob Kall: Keith Olbermann Terrorized and Gov Tries to Hide it 2006
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The real innovation of the tale is that the heroine is size-22 and medically classified as morbidly obese while embarking on her romantic adventures.
Recent reading: Part One: Gifts from Owen baggyk 2005
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