Definition of Morose

1. Adjective. Showing a brooding ill humor. "A sullen crowd"


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

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Definition of Morose

1. sullen [adj] : MOROSELY [adv] - See also: sullen

Lexicographical Neighbors of Morose

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

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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