Definition of Moroseness

1. Noun. A gloomy ill-tempered feeling.

Exact synonyms: Glumness, Sullenness
Generic synonyms: Moodiness
Derivative terms: Glum, Glum, Morose, Sullen

2. Noun. A sullen moody resentful disposition.
Exact synonyms: Sourness, Sulkiness, Sullenness
Generic synonyms: Ill Nature
Derivative terms: Morose, Sour, Sulky, Sullen

Definition of Moroseness

1. n. Sourness of temper; sulenness.

Definition of Moroseness

1. Noun. Gloominess; sullenness; deep sadness. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Moroseness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Moroseness

morolimumab
morology
moron
morone
moronic
moronic acid
moronically
moronism
moronisms
moronities
moronity
morons
morosaurus
morose
morosely
moroseness (current term)
morosenesses
moroser
morosest
morosis
morosities
morosity
morosoph
morosophs
morotrophium
moroxite
moroxydine
moroxylate
moroxylates
moroxylic

Literary usage of Moroseness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin (1913)
"... or disagreeable—Abstracted meditation—Ill-temper—moroseness—Obstinacy—Sulkiness and pouting—Decision or determination—The firm closure of the month. ..."

2. A History of American Literature .. by Moses Coit Tyler (1890)
"Their earnestness of character—Religion the master-thought—Their conceptions of providence and of prayer—Their religious intensity leading to moroseness, ..."

3. The Works of Hannah More: With a Sketch of Her Life by Hannah More (1827)
"... been happily brought to entertain ; moroseness and ill- humoured opposition will not only increase the distaste, instead of recommending a religion, ..."

4. English Synonymes Explained, in Alphabetical Order by George Crabb (1816)
"Sullenness shows itself mostly by an unseemly reserve; moroseness show» itself by the hardness of the speech, and the roughness of the voice. ..."

5. Historical Memoirs of My Own Time by Nathaniel William Wraxall (1815)
"All the Cynic moroseness of the philosopher and the moralist, seemed to dissolve under so flattering an approach ; to the gratification and distinction ..."

6. A History of American Literature During the Colonial Time by Moses Coit Tyler (1879)
"Their earnestness of character—Religion the master-thought—Their conceptions of providence and of prayer—Their religious intensity leading to moroseness, ..."

7. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Fourth Earl of Orford by Horace Walpole, Peter Cunningham (1891)
"I should speak more properly in saying, that I have retired out of the world into London. I always intend to place some months between me and the moroseness ..."

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