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Morose

Morose Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Morose? [adj] showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen crowd" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Morose: dark \| dour \| glowering \| glum \| ill-natured \| moody \| saturnine \| sour \| sullen Related Terms \| Find terms related to Morose: autistic \| bashful \| beetle-browed \| black \| black-browed \| brooding \| broody \| brusque \| chapfallen \| choleric \| close \| crabbed \| cranky \| crestfallen \| dark \| dejected \| dissociable \| dour \| dumpish \| frowning \| gloomy \| glowering \| glum \| grim \| gruff \| grum \| incompatible \| insociable \| irascible \| irritable \| long-faced \| lowering \| melancholy \| moodish \| moody \| mopey \| moping \| mopish \| mumpish \| nongregarious \| saturnine \| scowling \| self-contained \| self-sufficient \| sick \| sickly \| snug \| socially incompatible \| splenetic \| sulky \| sullen \| surly \| testy \| ugly \| unclubbable \| uncommunicative \| uncompanionable \| uncongenial \| unfriendly \| ungenial \| unsociable \| unsocial \| waspish See Also \| Morose In Webster's Dictionary \Mo*rose"\, a. [L. morosus, prop., excessively addicted to any particular way or habit, fr. mos, moris, manner, habit, way of life: cf. F. morose.] 1. Of a sour temper; sullen and austere; ill-humored; severe. ``A morose and affected taciturnity.'' --I. Watts. 2. Lascivious; brooding over evil thoughts. [Obs.] Syn: Sullen; gruff; severe; austere; gloomy; crabbed; crusty; churlish; surly; ill-humored.

Morose Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Morose?

[adj] showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen crowd"

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Morose In Webster's Dictionary

\Mo*rose"\, a. [L. morosus, prop., excessively addicted
to any particular way or habit, fr. mos, moris, manner,
habit, way of life: cf. F. morose.]
1. Of a sour temper; sullen and austere; ill-humored; severe.
   ``A morose and affected taciturnity.'' --I. Watts.

2. Lascivious; brooding over evil thoughts. [Obs.]

Syn: Sullen; gruff; severe; austere; gloomy; crabbed; crusty;
     churlish; surly; ill-humored.

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