morose synonyms

morose

modif.

  1. Gloomy

    depressed, dolorous, melancholy; see sad 1, troubled 1.

  2. Ill-humored

    sullen, severe, glum, sour, splenetic, acrimonious, ill-natured, gruff, perversive, ill-tempered, sulky, gloomy, crusty, grouchy, surly, saturnine, churlish, mumpish, cantankerous, crabbed, cross, snappish, frowning, cross-grained, harsh; see also irritable, sullen.

Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus Copyright © 1999 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.