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morose |
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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