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Definition of Moroseness
1. Noun. A gloomy ill-tempered feeling.
Generic synonyms: Moodiness
Derivative terms: Glum, Glum, Morose, Sullen
2. Noun. A sullen moody resentful disposition.
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
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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