moroseness

moroseness
n
sullenness, saturnineness, saturnity, morosity, somberness, soberness, austerity, severity, acerbity, taciturnity, silence; glumness, gloominess, grumness, grimness, bleakness, darkness, black looks; lugubriousness, atrabiliousness, morbidity, sorrowfulness, dolefulness, dolorousness, sadness, unhappiness, cheerlessness; sulkiness, mopishness, depression, dejection; sourness, surliness, crossness, grouchiness, gruffness, churlishness, crabbedness, bad mood; moodiness, ill humor, spleen, crankiness, crotchetiness, cantankerousness, petulance.

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  • Moroseness — Mo*rose ness, n. Sourness of temper; sulenness. [1913 Webster] Learn good humor, never to oppose without just reason; abate some degrees of pride and moroseness. I. Watts. [1913 Webster] Note: Moroseness is not precisely peevishness or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • moroseness — (n.) 1660s, from MOROSE (Cf. morose) + NESS (Cf. ness). Earlier in the same sense was morosity (1530s), from M.Fr. morosité, from L. morositas …   Etymology dictionary

  • moroseness — noun Gloominess; sullenness; deep sadness. He acquired a slouching gait and ignoble look; his naturally reserved disposition was exaggerated into an almost idiotic excess of unsociable moroseness; and he took a grim pleasure, apparently, in… …   Wiktionary

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

  • moroseness — noun see morose …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • moroseness — See morosely. * * * …   Universalium

  • moroseness — mo rose·ness || mÉ™ rəʊsnɪs n. sullenness; gloominess; irritability …   English contemporary dictionary

  • moroseness — n. Crabbedness, sullenness, moodiness, churlishness, sourness, sulkiness, sulks, spleen, ill temper …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • moroseness — mo·rose·ness …   English syllables

  • moroseness — noun 1. a gloomy ill tempered feeling • Syn: ↑glumness, ↑sullenness • Derivationally related forms: ↑sullen (for: ↑sullenness), ↑glum (for: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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