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- Dictionarymorose/mɒˈrəʊs/
adjective
- 1. sullen and ill-tempered: "she was morose and silent when she got home"
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unhappy, annoyed, and unwilling to speak or smile: a morose expression. Why are you so morose these days? Synonyms. dour. glum informal. moody. saturnine literary. sullen. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Feeling sad and unhappy. a long face idiom. abjection. angsty. be cut up idiom. be down in the mouth idiom. be in a funk idiom.
The meaning of MOROSE is having a sullen and gloomy disposition. How to use morose in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Morose.
A morose person is sullen, gloomy, sad, glum, and depressed — not a happy camper. When someone is morose, they seem to have a cloud of sadness hanging over them. This word is stronger than just sad — morose implies being extremely gloomy and depressed.
Morose definition: gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.. See examples of MOROSE used in a sentence.
Someone who is morose is miserable, bad-tempered, and not willing to talk very much to other people. She was morose, pale, and reticent. Synonyms: sullen , miserable , moody , gloomy More Synonyms of morose
MOROSE meaning: 1. unhappy, annoyed, and unwilling to speak or smile: 2. unhappy, annoyed, and unwilling to speak…. Learn more.
From Latin morosus (“particular, scrupulous, fastidious, self-willed, wayward, capricious, fretful, peevish" ), from mos (“way, custom, habit, self-will" ): see moral. From Wiktionary. Latin mōrōsus peevish from mōs mōr- self-will, caprice, manner mē- 1 in Indo-European roots.
MOROSE definition: If someone is morose, they are not friendly or happy and they talk very little.. Learn more.
Definition of morose adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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