krankhaft — meaning in English

English meaning

• morbid adj Having an unhealthy interest in death, disease, or other disturbing subjects.
• pathological adj Relating to disease or the study of disease.
• sickly adj Frequently ill, or generally weak and unhealthy.

Senses

krankhaft is used for these senses in English:

• morbid (by extension) Taking an interest in, or fixating on, unhealthy or unwholesome subjects such as death, decay, disease. [from 1770s]
• sickly Appearing ill, infirm or unhealthy; giving the appearance of illness.

morbid — full definition

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

pathological — full definition

1. adj Relating to disease or the study of disease.
2. adj Extreme, compulsive, or unreasonable, as if caused by a mental disorder.

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