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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Morose  \Mo*rose"\,  a.  [L.  morosus,  prop.,  excessively  addicted 
  to  any  particular  way  or  habit,  fr  mos,  moris,  manner, 
  habit,  way  of  life:  cf  F.  morose.] 
  1.  Of  a  sour  temper;  sullen  and  austere;  ill-humored;  severe. 
  ``A  morose  and  affected  taciturnity.''  --I.  Watts. 
 
  2.  Lascivious;  brooding  over  evil  thoughts.  [Obs.] 
 
  Syn:  Sullen;  gruff;  severe;  austere;  gloomy;  crabbed;  crusty; 
  churlish;  surly;  ill-humored. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  morose 
  adj  :  showing  a  brooding  ill  humor;  "a  dark  scowl";  "the 
  proverbially  dour  New  England  Puritan";  "a  glum, 
  hopeless  shrug";  "he  sat  in  moody  silence";  "a  morose 
  and  unsociable  manner";  "a  saturnine,  almost 
  misanthropic  young  genius"-  Bruce  Bliven;  "a  sour 
  temper";  "a  sullen  crowd"  [syn:  {dark},  {dour},  {glowering}, 
  {glum},  {moody},  {saturnine},  {sour},  {sullen}] 




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