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morose - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'morose' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Morose [ a.]
- Of a sour temper; sullen and austere; ill-humored; severe.
- Lascivious; brooding over evil thoughts.

Meaning of 'morose' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . morose [ s]
Meaning (1):
- showing a brooding ill humor
Example in sentence:
  • a dark scowl;
  • a glum, hopeless shrug;
  • a morose and unsociable manner;
  • a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius;
  • a sour temper;
  • a sullen crowd;
  • he sat in moody silence;
  • the proverbially dour New England Puritan