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morose

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mo·rose  (m-rs, mô-)
adj.
Sullenly melancholy; gloomy.

[Latin mrsus, peevish, from ms, mr-, self-will, caprice, manner; see m-1 in Indo-European roots.]

mo·rosely adv.
mo·roseness n.

morose [mor-rohss]
Adjective
ill-tempered, sullen, and unwilling to talk very much [Latin morosus peevish]
morosely adv
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Adj.1.morose - 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"
ill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition

morose
adjective sullen, miserable, moody, gloomy, down, low, cross, blue, depressed, sour, crabbed, pessimistic, perverse, melancholy, dour, crusty, glum, surly, mournful, gruff, churlish, sulky, taciturn, ill-tempered, in a bad mood, grouchy (informal) down in the dumps (informal) crabby, saturnine, ill-humoured, ill-natured << OPPOSITE cheerful
Translations
morose [məˈrəus] adjhosco, malhumorado

morose [məˈrəus] adjmorose, maussade

morose [məˈrəus] adjmissmutig

morose [məˈrəus] adjcupo/a, tetro/a

morose
adj morose [məˈrəus]
angry and silent. swartgallig كَئيب мрачен zasmušilý gnaven; tungsindig mürrisch κατηφής huraño morn, pahur عبوس kärttyisä morose סַר וְזָעֵף चिड़चिड़ा, रूखा mrzovoljan mogorva muram drungalegur, önuglegur, fÿlulegur cupo, imbronciato 気むずかしい 시무룩한, 화난, 침울한 niūrus, užsidaręs drūms, nerunīgs murung chagrijnig sur, mutt posępny rabugento morocănos мрачный nevrlý mrk zlovoljan surmulen, butter ซึ่งมีอารมณ์ขุ่นมัว suratsız 鬱悶的 понурий, похмурий روکھا، چڑچڑا khinh khỉnh
adv moˈrosely
swartgallig بِكآبَه мрачно nerudně gnavent; tungsindigt mürrisch κατσουφιασμένα malhumoradamente tusaselt, pahuralt با ترشرویی äreästi d'un air morose בְּפָּנִים קוֹדרוֹת उदासी, रूखापन mrzovoljno mogorván dengan muram drungalega, önuglega con aria imbronciata 気むずかしく 침울하게 niūriai drūmi dengan murung chagrijnig surt, mutt posępnie rabugentamente morocănos мрачно nevrlo mrko zlovoljno surmulet, buttert อย่างมีอารมณ์ขุ่นมัว suratsızca 鬱悶地 понуро روکھے پن سے kiểu khinh khỉnh
n moˈroseness
swartgalligheid كآبَه мрачност nerudnost gnavenhed; tungsindighed die Verdrießlichkeit κατήφεια carácter malhumorado/huraño tusasus, pahurus کج خلقى kärttyisyys morosité עַגמוּמִיוּת उदासी, रूखापन mrzovolja mogorvaság kemuraman drungi, fÿla l'essere imbronciato 不きげん 침울함 niūrumas drūmums kemurungan chagrijnigheid surhet, tverrhet przygnębienie, posępność rabugem îmbufnare мрачность nevrlosť zlovoljnost zlovolja surmulenhet, butterhet การมีอารมณ์ขุ่นมัว suratsızlık 鬱悶 похмурість روکھاپن tính khinh khỉnh


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In time I grew morose and consciously disagreeable, and resolved in my madness to return to San Francisco the next day.
He was a strange wayward being, moody, fitful, and melancholy--at times almost morose.
His strange life had left him neither morose nor bloodthirsty.
 
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