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
Both were unaffectedly devout, without the least tinge of moroseness or gloom.
The English Church in the Eighteenth Century | Charles J. Abbey and John H. OvertonAs we rode on into the interminable wastes, he rallied me gleefully, but soon tired of my moroseness.
The Yeoman Adventurer | George W. GoughInstead of looking upon me with his usual moroseness, he said to me a hundred jocose things without my knowing what he meant.
The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Complete | Jean Jacques RousseauCrossness and moroseness, for example, may be due to a dyspeptic condition and a chronically bad liver.
The Science of Human Nature | William Henry PyleThe pawnbroker made a very bad third—in fact, scarcely counted, owing to his own moroseness or reserve.
Somehow Good | William de Morgan
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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