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morose

[ muh-rohs ]

adjective

  1. gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.

    Synonyms: surly, sulky, sour, moody

    Antonyms: cheerful

  2. characterized by or expressing gloom.


morose

/ məˈrəʊs /

adjective

  1. ill-tempered or gloomy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • moˈroseness, noun
  • moˈrosely, adverb
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Other Words From

  • mo·rose·ly adverb
  • mo·rose·ness mo·ros·i·ty [m, uh, -, ros, -i-tee], 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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Word History and Origins

Origin of morose1

First recorded in 1555–65; from Latin mōrōsus “fretful, peevish, willful,” equivalent to mōr- (stem of mōs ) “will, inclination” + -ōsus adjective suffix ( -ose 1 )
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Word History and Origins

Origin of morose1

C16: from Latin mōrōsus peevish, capricious, from mōs custom, will, caprice
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Synonym Study

See glum.
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Example Sentences

Worse, some pocho kept picking morose arena rock in English and Spanish — Pink Floyd and the Doors, Enanitos Verdes and Caifanes — from the digital jukebox that drowned out the baseball broadcast.

Politico reported this week that Karen Dunn, who’s overseeing debate prep for the Harris campaign, was “morose” over the decision to mute the mics.

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If you don't do that, you end up in a place that is morose and in some strange way, addicted to cortisol.

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As sad as the permanently morose seem, they do not even ridicule those who laugh, but those who find joy in their lives.

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The gloomy aesthetic and lugubrious soundscape befit the morose timbre of the material as Nelson’s maudlin narrator reels off tidbits about her favorite color — referencing Derek Jarman, Joni Mitchell and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe — while intermittently brooding over her ex-partner, whom she addresses in wistful and reproachful tones, and recounting the struggles of a close friend who was paralyzed in an accident.

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