2020-11-08 ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด M - morbid & sordid
2020-11-08
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด M - morbid & sordid
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ออกเสียง morbid = ‘MAWR-bid’
ออกเสียง sordid = ‘SAWR-did’
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Choose the Right Synonym for sordid
mean being below the normal standards of human decency and dignity.
MEAN suggests small-mindedness, ill temper, or cupidity.
mean and petty satire
IGNOBLE suggests a loss or lack of some essential high quality of mind or spirit. an ignoble scramble after material possessions
ABJECT may imply degradation, debasement, or servility. abject poverty
SORDID is stronger than all of these in stressing physical or spiritual degradation and abjectness. a sordid story of murder and revenge
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Frequently Asked Questions About morbid
What is morbid curiosity?
Morbid curiosity is a fascination with grisly or gruesome matters. Although morbid has other meanings
(such as "productive of disease"),
when paired with curiosity it carriesthe "grisly" sense.
Are morbid and moribund the same?
Morbid and moribund may begin with the same three letters,
but these words have different meanings and origins.
Moribund, meaning "being in a state of inactivity or obsolescence,"
comes from the Latin word meaning "to die" (mori),
while morbid ("grisly, gruesome") is from the Latin morbus ("disease").
Is morbid a noun?
No, morbid is an adjective
(with meanings such as "of, relating to, or characteristic of disease" and "gruesome or grisly").
There are noun forms,
such as morbidity ("an abnormal or unhealthy state of mind;
especially, one marked by excessive gloom")
and morbidness ("the quality or state of being morbid"). "
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
'Morbid'/'obese'
Morbid and obese also were among our top lookups last week,
after Nancy Pelosi described President Trump as morbidly obese.
Asked on Monday night by CNN about Mr Trump's remarks,
Mrs Pelosi said she would "rather he [Mr. Trump] not be taking something that has not been approved by the scientists.”
"Especially in his age group, and in his, shall we say, weight group, morbidly obese, they say," the US House of Representatives speaker said.
— BBC News (bbc.com), 20 May 2020
Pelosi used morbidly, the adverb formof morbid,
which we define as “of, relating to, or characteristic of disease,”
“affected with or induced by disease,” or “productive of disease.”
Our definition of obese is quite a bit semantically narrower:
“having excessive body fat.”
We do not provide any clinical definition
for what is obese, or morbidly obese,
on the grounds that criteria vary considerably on this matter,
and it’s none of our business.
We have recently added fat-shaming to our dictionary,
defined as “the act or practice of subjecting someone perceived as fat or overweight to criticism or mockery.”
Dictionary of Problem Words and Expression
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 sordidplace to live) and “selfish” or “base” (the sordid methods of narcotics dealers).
Approximately synonyms for sordid aredegraded, soiled, unclean, foul, and depraved.
Words related to morbid
are unhealthy, diseased, tainted, corrupted, and unwholesome.
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