MOROSE

dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen

(adjective) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

morose (comparative more morose or moroser, superlative most morose or morosest)

Sullen, gloomy; showing a brooding ill humour.

Synonyms

• melancholy

• sulky

• crabby

• glum

• grouchy

• gruff

• moody

Anagrams

• Romeos, mooers, more so, moreso, roomes

Source: Wiktionary

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Mo*rose", a. Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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