morose
adjective
gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.
morosity
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a word derived from
morose.
Example Sentences
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Norm expresses disdain for poetry, then continues to create a gorgeous Hemingway-style work of morosity.
From The Verge ● Jul. 7, 2015
With this language many did begin to feel offended; it seemed to be morosity and ill-will, the pusillanimity of old age, or a fear, that had now become exaggerated, of the skill of Hannibal.
From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Arthur Hugh Clough
Custine already remarked the expression of deep melancholy in the Grand Duke; and all those who have seen Alexander II. since have been struck with his sour and sullen morosity.
From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, September 1879 by Various
They did not care to improve their access, or increase their traffic; not through cold morosity, or even proud indifference, but because they had been so brought up, and so confirmed by circumstance.
From Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
It is his turn now, and his morosity is exchanged for an equally uncomfortable hilarity.
From Nancy by Rhoda Broughton
