morose

Speech parts

1. morose - Adjective

2. morose - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Of a sour temper; sullen and austere; ill-humored; severe.

Lascivious; brooding over evil thoughts.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

sullen moody dark sour gloomy dour surly glum saturnine glowering down low blue sulk crabby
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Antonyms

merry jolly corky allegro crouse airy
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Related terms

moroseness morosely morosity

Phrases with the word

be morose

Anagrams

Moores moreso

Examples

Those who compare the age in which their lot has fallen with a golden age which exists only in imagination, may talk of degeneracy and decay; but no man who is correctly informed as to the past, will be disposed to take a morose or desponding view of the present. Thomas Babington Macaulay

I am not a morose person, but I would rather not be here. I don't have any reverence for life, only for the entities themselves. I would rather see a blank space where I am. This will sound like fruitcake stuff again but at least I wouldn't be harming anything. Ingrid Newkirk

We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand. If I don't seem as depressed or morose as I should be, I'm sorry to disappoint you. Randy Pausch

Orphans, dead parents, lonely children at Christmas, morose spoken word recordings, everything you love about the holidays. Move the turkey over so you can fit your head in the oven. April Winchell

The theologian who labors without joy is not a theologian at all. Sulky faces, morose thoughts and boring ways of speaking are intolerable in this field. Karl Barth

Only people who're positive enough to have friends have enemies. When you're as glum and morose as he was, people just give up and go away. Ellis Peters

Close letter words and terms

Moros Morosaglia morosaurus morose delectation morosely moroseness