English Explanatory Dictionary

morose

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Sullen, gloomy; showing a brooding ill humour.

Pronunciation

/məˈɹəʊs/ /məˈɹoʊs/ /mɔɹˈoʊs/ en-us-morose.ogg

Word forms

morose more morose moroser most morose morosest

Etymology

From French morose, from Latin mōrōsus (“particular, scrupulous, fastidious, self-willed, wayward, capricious, fretful, peevish”), from mōs (“way, custom, habit, self-will”). See moral.

Synonyms

melancholy sulky crabby glum grouchy gruff moody gloomy ill-tempered ill-humored morose sullen

Related words

morosely moroseness morosity

Derived words

morose delectation unmorose
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