adjective
Related Words
See glum.
Other Word Forms
- morosely adverb
- moroseness noun
- morosity noun
- supermorose adjective
- supermoroseness noun
- unmorose adjective
- unmoroseness noun
Etymology
Origin of morose
First recorded in 1555–65; from Latin mōrōsus “fretful, peevish, willful,” equivalent to mōr- (stem of mōs ) “will, inclination” + -ōsus adjective suffix ( -ose 1 )
Example Sentences
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Mr. Holmes shows how the unstable and morose Tennyson, born in the wild Romantic age of Byron, Coleridge and Shelley, grew into the settled and self-satisfied voice of Victorian England.
A morose horse, rice cakes, and a Harry Potter villain have become surprise hits in China ahead of the country's Lunar New Year holiday.
From Barron's
Despite its serious subject matter, the novel is neither morbid nor morose.
From Los Angeles Times
To take a cue from Shakespeare, then, the switch from peerless Penelope to morose Master Gogolev might well make a person say, “O children, what a falling off was there!”
From Literature
And the album’s closer, the pretty but slow “Silent Eyes,” feels like another morose nail in the coffin of a relationship.
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