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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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