morose
Adjective Satellite
- showing a brooding ill humor; ; ; ; ; ; - Bruce Bliven
- "a morose and unsociable manner"
Adj
- Sullen, gloomy; showing a brooding ill humour.
Adjective
- Sullen and ill-tempered; gloomy.
Examples
- Don’t be morose if your opponent gets a lucky draw; keep playing smart.
Origin / 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
dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, saturnine, sour, sullen, crabby, gloomy, grouchy, gruff, ill-humored, ill-tempered, melancholy, morose, sulky
Scrabble Score: 8
morose: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordmorose: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
morose: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary