moroseness
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Moroseness — Mo*rose ness, n. Sourness of temper; sulenness. [1913 Webster] Learn good humor, never to oppose without just reason; abate some degrees of pride and moroseness. I. Watts. [1913 Webster] Note: Moroseness is not precisely peevishness or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
moroseness — noun Gloominess; sullenness; deep sadness. He acquired a slouching gait and ignoble look; his naturally reserved disposition was exaggerated into an almost idiotic excess of unsociable moroseness; and he took a grim pleasure, apparently, in… … Wiktionary
moroseness — morose ► ADJECTIVE ▪ sullen and ill tempered. DERIVATIVES morosely adverb moroseness noun. ORIGIN Latin morosus peevish … English terms dictionary
moroseness — noun see morose … New Collegiate Dictionary
moroseness — See morosely. * * * … Universalium
moroseness — mo rose·ness || mÉ™ rəʊsnɪs n. sullenness; gloominess; irritability … English contemporary dictionary
moroseness — n. Crabbedness, sullenness, moodiness, churlishness, sourness, sulkiness, sulks, spleen, ill temper … New dictionary of synonyms
moroseness — n sullenness, saturnineness, saturnity, morosity, somberness, soberness, austerity, severity, acerbity, taciturnity, silence; glumness, gloominess, grumness, grimness, bleakness, darkness, black looks; lugubriousness, atrabiliousness, morbidity,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
moroseness — mo·rose·ness … English syllables
moroseness — noun 1. a gloomy ill tempered feeling • Syn: ↑glumness, ↑sullenness • Derivationally related forms: ↑sullen (for: ↑sullenness), ↑glum (for: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
