morose

mo·rose  (m-rs, mô-)

adj.

Sullenly melancholy; gloomy.

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

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mo·rosely adv.

mo·roseness n.

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morose [mor-rohss]

Adjective

ill-tempered, sullen, and unwilling to talk very much [Latin morosus peevish]

morosely adv

Thesaurus

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" glowering, moody, sullen, saturnine, glum, dour, dark, sour ill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition

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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] adj → hosco, malhumorado

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morose [məˈrəus] adj → morose, maussade

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morose [məˈrəus] adj → missmutig

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morose [məˈrəus] adj → cupo/a, tetro/a