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/Sounds like "MOHR" (as in "more") + "boh" (as in "boat")/

Meaning

That dark, twisted attraction to things that should repel you: the morbid curiosity that makes you slow down at an accident or read every detail of a disturbing story. In Spain, morbo also describes sexual chemistry with an edge of the forbidden. Not quite wrong, but definitely not innocent.

Examples

He gets a morbid thrill from watching true crime documentaries.

There is a lot of charged tension between them, you can feel it.

Regional synonyms

In Mexico, to playfully tease or rib a friend nonstop. The person "echando carrilla" is busting someone's chops with no bad intent, purely for laughs.