morose
gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.
characterized by or expressing gloom.
Origin of morose
1synonym study For morose
Other words for morose
Opposites for morose
Other words from morose
- mo·rose·ly, adverb
- mo·rose·ness, mo·ros·i·ty [muh-ros-i-tee], /məˈrɒs ɪ ti/, noun
- su·per·mo·rose, adjective
- su·per·mo·rose·ness, noun
- un·mo·rose, adjective
- un·mo·rose·ness, noun
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How to use morose in a sentence
The growing homelessness problem has left those living on the street increasingly morose and skeptical that solutions that meet their needs are coming.
Fentanyl Plagues San Diego’s Homeless Population | Lisa Halverstadt | November 21, 2022 | Voice of San DiegoWhile I moved ploddingly through the wreckage to take it all in, Neguse, 38, jumped briskly from one spot to another, not quite cheery but not morose either.
Joe Neguse Didn’t Come to Congress to Fight Wildfires. Climate Change Had Other Plans | Justin Worland/Superior, Colo. | June 10, 2022 | TImeIn the winter of 1941-42, the daily food ration was down to a morose 250 grams.
The Botanist Who Defied Stalin - Issue 99: Universality | Lee Alan Dugatkin | April 21, 2021 | NautilusWinslet’s dowdy, frumpish, and middle-aged Mary blossoms before our eyes to reveal the beauty that has been right in front of us all along, while Ronan’s morose, hollow Charlotte transitions into a vibrant, confident woman by her side.
Winslet, Ronan have seaside rendezvous in ‘Ammonite’ | John Paul King | December 11, 2020 | Washington BladeGen X, the least excited generation about returning to the workplace, may also be saddling the experience with morose expectations.
He can seem on occasion morose, on other occasions petulant, and never comfortable in interviews.
Imagining Prince Charles as King Makes All of Britain Wish They Could Leave Like Scotland | Clive Irving | September 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTest audiences found the original ending too morose and wanted to see Alex get blown away.
Return of the Bunny Boiler: Fatal Attraction’s World Stage Premiere | Nico Hines | March 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI found the morose philosophers (Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, Spengler) the most interesting.
He carried with him the insecurities, foibles, and morose visions of fin de siècle Europe.
Lee McQueen could see beauty in the morose and even the morbid.
Michelle Obama in Alexander McQueen: Lady in Red | Robin Givhan | January 19, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTHow many in Melbourne injure wealth and brain, I leave to more skilled and morose critics.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.There are few greater annoyances of life than an irritable woman, rendered doubly morose by the infirmities of years.
Madame Roland, Makers of History | John S. C. AbbottHe went upstairs to his room in this morose state and, procuring a revolver, after a short time came down and shot at his sister.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine | Austin MalleyI paced the deck for hours, and grew morose and nervous, chafing under the slowness of the stout craft.
A Fortune Hunter; Or, The Old Stone Corral | John Dunloe CarteretShiel half turned away, not sullen, not morose, but with a strange apathy settled on him.
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British Dictionary definitions for morose
/ (məˈrəʊs) /
ill-tempered or gloomy
Origin of morose
1Derived forms of morose
- morosely, adverb
- moroseness, noun
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