morose

[muh-rohs]

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adjective

gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.

characterized by or expressing gloom.

Origin of morose

1555–65; < Latin mōrōsus fretful, peevish, willful, equivalent to mōr- (stem of mōs) will, inclination + -ōsus -ose¹

Related formsmo·rose·ly, adverbmo·rose·ness, mo·ros·i·ty

[muh-ros-i-tee] /məˈrɒs ɪ ti/, nounsu·per·mo·rose, adjectivesu·per·mo·rose·ly, adverbsu·per·mo·rose·ness, nounun·mo·rose, adjectiveun·mo·rose·ly, adverbun·mo·rose·ness, noun

Synonyms for morose

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1. moody, sour, sulky, surly. See glum.

Antonyms for morose

1. cheerful.

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Related Words for morosely

wistfully, sorrowfully, dejectedly, dismally, dolefully, gloomily, grievously

Examples from the Web for morosely

Contemporary Examples of morosely

Afterwards, back in the locker room, Gregg Allman morosely doles himself out another dollop of coke.
Stacks: Hitting the Note with the Allman Brothers Band
Grover Lewis
March 15, 2014

Historical Examples of morosely

Good Indian leaned his back against a tree, and eyed the two morosely.
Good Indian
B. M. Bower
He went about morosely and snapped villainously at the boys.
The Night Riders
Ridgwell Cullum
Morosely he ruminated on the suppressed adjective for a moment.
Nobody
Louis Joseph Vance
"It may be anything," uttered Jorgenson, morosely, but as it were in a mollified tone.
The Rescue
Joseph Conrad
"My name's not Daddleskink," the Tyro informed him morosely.
Little Miss Grouch
Samuel Hopkins Adams

British Dictionary definitions for morosely

morose

adjective

ill-tempered or gloomy

Derived Formsmorosely, adverbmoroseness, noun

Word Origin for morose

C16: from Latin mōrōsus peevish, capricious, from mōs custom, will, caprice

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Word Origin and History for morosely

adv.

1650s, from morose + -ly (2).

morose

adj.

1530s "gloomy," from Latin morosus "morose, peevish, hypercritical, fastidious," from mos (genitive moris) "habit, custom" (see moral (adj.)). In English, manners by itself means "(good) manners," but here the implication in Latin is "(bad) manners." Related: Morosity.