Morose Definition

mə-rōs, mô-
adjective
Ill-tempered; gloomy, sullen, etc.
Webster's New World
Characterized by gloom.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Morose

  • 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

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Morose Sentence Examples

  • His face suddenly took on a morose expression.

  • When he came in to tea, silent, morose, and with tear-stained face, everybody pretended not to notice anything.

  • Those about him had never seen the count so morose and irritable.

  • The popular notion that Bentham was a morose visionary is far removed from fact.

  • He was a silent morose man, not popular among his contemporaries, but "always a faithfull Man to the Company."

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Words Starting With

MMOMOR

Words Ending With

ESEOSE

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Words Starting With M and Ending With E

Starts With M & Ends With EStarts With MO & Ends With EStarts With M & Ends With SE

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With M6 Letter Words Ending With E