ongezond — meaning in English

English meaning

• morbid adj Having an unhealthy interest in death, disease, or other disturbing subjects.
• unhealthy adj Harmful to health, or lacking good health.

Senses

ongezond is used for these senses in English:

• morbid (originally) Of, relating to, or afflicted by disease. [from 1650s]
• morbid (by extension) Taking an interest in, or fixating on, unhealthy or unwholesome subjects such as death, decay, disease. [from 1770s]
• unhealthy characterized by, or conducive to poor health

morbid — full definition

1. adj Having an unhealthy interest in death, disease, or other disturbing subjects.
2. adj Relating to or caused by disease.

unhealthy — full definition

1. adj Harmful to health, or lacking good health.
2. adj Reflecting or causing an unstable or disturbed mental or emotional state.

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