Morose
[mə'rəʊs] or [mə'ros]
Definition
(a.) Of a sour temper; sullen and austere; ill-humored; severe.
(a.) Lascivious; brooding over evil thoughts.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Crabbed, sullen, churlish, sour, sulky, perverse, wayward, spleeny, spleenish, splenetic, humorsome, dogged, gloomy, moody, cross-grained.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Sullen, austere, moody, crabbed, surly, crusty
ANT:Genial, indulgent, kindly
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Definition
adj. of a sour temper: gloomy: severe.—adv. Morose′ly.—ns. Morose′ness quality of being morose—(obs.) Moros′ity.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
If you find yourself morose in dreams, you will awake to find the world, as far as you are concerned, going fearfully wrong. To see others morose, portends unpleasant occupations and unpleasant companions.
Editor: Pierre
Examples
- His strange life had left him neither morose nor bloodthirsty. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The other woman rose on seeing me; and the men, though they were, as usual, sulky and silent, each gave me a morose nod of recognition. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- You see, remarked Caroline apologetically, his feelings are so often hurt it makes him morose. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Neither do I, said the morose landlord. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- As it was, he suffered a long term of imprisonment and afterwards returned to England a morose and disappointed man. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Dorset, of late, had grown more than usually morose and incalculable, and Ned Silverton went about with an air that seemed to challenge the universe. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- You shall not escape me in this way, you morose backwoodsman,' retorts Lady Tippins. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Certainly placid or morose acceptance is undermined. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- All that day and the next and the next Holmes was in a mood which his friends would call taciturn, and others morose. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He had been with me for two years, and came with the best references, but he was a silent, morose man, not very popular either with masters or boys. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He was a morose, savage-hearted, bad man; idle and dissolute in his habits; cruel and ferocious in his disposition. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He had been there often, during a whole year, and had always been the same moody and morose lounger there. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- For himself, he came home grave, almost morose. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- This morose person lent them, and we wore them out. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Ferguson appeared to be a morose and silent man, but I could see from the little that he said that he was at least a fellow-countryman. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Mr. Micawber is morose. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- This morose journeyman had no liking for me. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- She happened this afternoon to be specially bilious and morose--as much disposed to gore as any vicious mother of the herd. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Editor: Pierre