morose

morose
adj
sullen, saturnine, somber, sober, austere, severe, stern, taciturn, silent; glum, gloomy, grum, grim, frowning, scowling, dark, black, bleak, dismal, long-faced; lugubrious, atrabilious, atrabiliar, funereal, morbid, mournful, melancholy, sorrowful, doleful, dolorous, sad, unhappy, cheerless; sulky, poutful, pouting, mopish, in the doldrums, chapfallen, crestfallen, down in the mouth, down in the dumps, down, depressed, dejected, dispirited, hypochondriacal, hypochondriac; surly, cross, grouchy, crabbed, gruff, churlish, sour, vinegary, in a bad mood; moody, ill-humored, ill-natured, bad-tempered, cranky, crusty, crotchety, cantankerous, petulant, splenetic, spleenful, spleenish.

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  • Morose — Mo*rose (m[ o]*r[=o]s ), a. [L. morosus, prop., excessively addicted to any particular way or habit, fr. mos, moris, manner, habit, way of life: cf. F. morose.] 1. Of a sour temper; sullen and austere; ill humored; severe. A morose and affected… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • morose — (adj.) 1530s gloomy, from L. morosus morose, peevish, hypercritical, fastidious, from mos (gen. moris) habit, custom (see MORAL (Cf. moral) (adj.)). In English, manners by itself means (good) manners, but here the implication in Latin is (bad)… …   Etymology dictionary

  • morose — index disconsolate, lugubrious, pessimistic Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • morose — glum, gloomy, saturnine, dour, *sullen, surly, sulky, crabbed Analogous words: splenetic, choleric, *irascible, testy, cranky, cross: peevish, snappish, waspish, petulant, *irritable: brusque, gruff (see BLUFF) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • morose — [adj] depressed, pessimistic acrimonious, blue*, brusque, cantankerous, choleric, churlish, crabbed*, crabby*, cranky*, cross, dolorous, dour, down, down in the dumps*, down in the mouth*, frowning, gloomy, glum, grouchy, gruff, harsh, having… …   New thesaurus

  • morose — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ sullen and ill tempered. DERIVATIVES morosely adverb moroseness noun. ORIGIN Latin morosus peevish …   English terms dictionary

  • morose — [mə rōs′] adj. [L morosus, peevish, fretful, fastidious < mos (gen. moris), manner: see MOOD1] 1. ill tempered; gloomy, sullen, etc. 2. characterized by gloom morosely adv. moroseness n …   English World dictionary

  • morose — 1. morose [ mɔroz ] adj. • 1615; lat. morosus ♦ Qui est d une humeur chagrine, que rien ne peut égayer. ⇒ 1. chagrin, 1. morne, renfrogné , sombre, triste; dépressif. « C était la conscience de sa vie manquée qui lui donnait un air morose »… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • morose — (mo rô z ) adj. Qui est d humeur chagrine. •   Amis, hier, j étais faible et morose, L aimable fée apparaît à mes yeux, BÉRANG. Tailleur..    Il se dit des choses. Humeur, caractère morose. •   Anacréon, chargé du poids des ans moroses, Pour… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • MOROSE — adj.des deux genres Chagrin, difficile, bizarre. C est un homme très morose. Caractère, humeur morose …   Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • MOROSE — adj. des deux genres Qui est d’une humeur chagrine. C’est un homme très morose. Par extension, Caractère, humeur morose …   Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

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