Definition of MOROSE

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 Word
morose: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
morose: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

morose: valid Words With Friends Word