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morose Definition


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morose
adj
    1. Silently gloomy or bad-tempered.
      Thesaurus: sullen, gloomy, depressed, dolorous, melancholy, dour, splenetic, moody, saturnine, sulky; Antonym: cheerful.
Derivative: morosely
adverb
    Derivative: moroseness
    noun
      Etymology: 16c: from Latin morosus peevish.



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