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Definition of Morose
1. Adjective. Showing a brooding ill humor. "A sullen crowd"
Similar to: Ill-natured
Derivative terms: Glumness, Moodiness, Moroseness, Moroseness, Sourness, Sullenness
Definition of Morose
1. a. Of a sour temper; sullen and austere; ill-humored; severe.
Definition of Morose
1. Adjective. Sullen, gloomy; showing a brooding ill humour ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Morose
1. sullen [adj] : MOROSELY [adv] - See also: sullen
Lexicographical Neighbors of Morose
Literary usage of Morose
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (2006)
"He was feeling morose now. "A couple days. A week, maybe. No longer." "Well,
don't sweat the Bishop. He can wait. Come and get a beer with me tonight before ..."
2. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"(German and Danish, dumm, heavy, dull, insipid ; dumpling, a heavy, insipid
pudding ; dump», heavy, stupid morose- ness. ..."
3. The Ancient Lowly: A History of the Ancient Working People from the Earliest by Cyrenus Osborne Ward (1900)
"... of Narcissus— Nero at First Kind and Tolerant—Believed to have taken Paul with
him to Spain—Grows morose and Jealous—Employs an Able Detective, ..."
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