Morbific

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Morbific \Mor*bif"ic\, Morbifical \Mor*bif"ic*al\, a. [L. morbus
     disease + -ficare (in comp.) to make: cf. F. morbifique. See
     {-fy}.]
     Causing disease; generating a sickly state; as, a morbific
     matter.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  morbific
       adj : able to cause disease; "infective agents"; "pathogenic
             bacteria" [syn: {infective}, {pathogenic}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  21 Moby Thesaurus words for "morbific":
     bad, bad for, contaminated, foul, harmful, injurious, insalubrious,
     insanitary, noisome, noxious, pathogenic, peccant, pestiferous,
     polluted, septic, tainted, unhealthful, unhealthy, unhygienic,
     unsanitary, unwholesome