单词 | morose |
释义 | moroseadj.1n. A. adj.1 1. a. Of persons, or their attributes, behaviour, etc.: sullen, gloomy, sour-tempered, unsocial. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > [adjective] moodyc1300 distemprec1374 melancholiana1393 solein1399 darkc1440 gloomingc1440 girning1447 melancholyc1450 tetrical1528 tetric1533 distemperate1548 morose1565 sullen1570 stunt1581 humorous1590 gloomya1593 muddy1592 clum1599 dortya1605 humoursome1607 distempereda1616 musty1620 grum1640 agelastic1666 fusty1668 purdy1668 ill-humoured1693 gurly1721 mumpish1721 sunking1724 tetricous1727 sumphish1728 stunkard1737 sulky1744 muggard1746 farouche1765 sombrea1767 glumpy1780 glumpish1800 tiffy1810 splenitive1815 stuffy1825 liverish1828 troglodytish1866 glummy1884 humpy1889 scowly1951 society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > [adjective] > morose or sulking solein1399 morose1565 sulky1744 sulkinga1777 troglodytish1866 troglodytic1871 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Morosus, waywarde: frowarde: overthwarte: morose: diuers in condition: harde to please. 1694 F. Bragge Pract. Disc. Parables xiv. 458 They were..of very morose countenances, as greatly mortified, and strangers to the world. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. i. iii. 58 That Minister was Galbet,..a Person..of a morose and sour Complection. 1775 W. Mason Mem. in T. Gray Poems 119 He was also morose, unsocial, and obstinate. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art I. 242 There are very few so obstinately morose, as to be uninfluenced by the opinions of others. 1853 C. Brontë Villette I. xi. 201 She looked stony and stern, almost mortified and morose. 1895 S. Crane Red Badge of Courage xxiii. 224 The third captive sat with a morose countenance. 1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage lxxvii. 401 He was unused to alcohol, and it affected him quickly, but his drunkenness was savage and morose. 1969 M. Angelou I know why Caged Bird Sings xiii. 86 There is nothing more appalling than a constantly morose child. 1997 Guardian 4 July (Friday Review section) 18/5 A penchant for morose self-analysis set to strumalong guitar. b. In extended use. ΚΠ 1694 R. Franck Northern Mem. 263 The Carp is a Fish complicated of a moross Mixture, and a torpid Motion. 1902 A. Lang Hist. Scotl. II. v. 104 Mary's arrival was darkened by the morose climate. 1992 Dogs Today (BNC) Apr. 35 A luggage van containing an enormous, hairy, and morose dog in one corner. c. Of an outlook, opinion, philosophy, etc.: pessimistic, gloomy. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective] ungladc888 wearyc888 drearyc1000 dreary-moodOE heavyc1000 unmerryOE droopy?c1225 mournc1275 sada1300 languishinga1325 amayedc1330 matec1330 unlightc1330 unblissful1340 lowa1382 mishappyc1390 dullc1393 elengely1393 droopinga1400 heavy-hearteda1400 joylessa1400 sytefula1400 mornifc1400 tristy?c1400 lightless?1406 heartlessa1413 tristc1420 amatec1425 languoring?c1425 mirthlessc1430 heavisome1435 darkc1440 gloomingc1440 comfortlessc1460 amateda1470 chermatc1475 tristfula1492 lustless?1507 dolorous1513 ruthful1513 downcast1521 deject1528 heartsicka1529 lumpisha1535 coolc1540 dowlyc1540 glum1547 discouraged1548 uncheerfulc1555 dumpish1560 out of heart1565 sadded1566 amoped1573 tristive1578 desolated1580 dejected1581 à la mort1586 delightless1589 afflicted1590 gladless1590 groanful1590 gloomya1593 muddy1592 sitheful1592 cloudy1594 leaden-hearted1596 disconsolated1598 clum1599 life-weary1599 spiritless1600 dusky1602 chop-fallen1604 flat1604 disanimated1605 jaw-fallen1605 moped1606 chap-fallen1608 decheerful1608 uncheerful1612 lacklustrea1616 pulled1616 dumpya1618 depressed1621 head-hung1632 grum1640 downa1644 dispirited1647 down-at-mouth1649 down in (rarely of) the mouth1649 unhearted1650 sunlessa1658 sadful1658 unlightened1659 chagrin1665 saddened1665 damp1667 moping1674 desponding1688 tristitious1694 unenjoying1697 unraised1697 unheartya1699 unked1698 despondent1699 dismal1705 unjoyful1709 unrejoiced1714 dreara1717 disheartened1720 mumpish1721 unrejoicing1726 downhearted1742 out of spirits1745 chagrineda1754 low-spirited1753 sombrea1767 black-blooded1771 glumpy1780 oorie1787 sombrous1789 morose1791 Novemberish1793 glumpish1800 mopeful1800 die-away1802 blue-devilish1804 blue-devilled1807 malagrugrous1818 down in the hip1826 yonderly1828 sunshineless1831 downfaced1832 broody1851 in a (or the) trough1856 blue-devilly1871 drooped1873 glummy1884 pippy1886 humpy1889 pipped1914 lousy1933 pissed1943 crappy1956 doomy1961 bummed1970 1791 W. Maxwell in J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1770 I. 340 His philosophy..was by no means morose and cynical. 1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice I. ii. iv. 177 Morbid and morose philosophy, begot by a proud spirit on a lonely heart. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. i. 3 No man who is correctly informed as to the past will be disposed to take a morose or desponding view of the present. 1861 J. A. Alexander Gospel Jesus Christ xiv. 194 Pleasures which a more morose religion would proscribe as dangerous. 1881 Bp. Thorold Gospel of Christ Pref. Surely it is a morose religionism that fears knowledge, or distrusts science. 1993 R. Hughes Culture of Complaint i. 36 The 80s brought the fulfillment of Kenneth Galbraith's morose aphorism about America's recoil from the memory of New Deal Policies. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [adjective] > difficult or intractable (of things) wickc1330 riotous1340 wickeda1352 untreatablec1374 frowarda1400 inobedient1495 stubborn?1518 unwieldya1538 unruly1548 wieldlessa1560 hard1560 untoward1566 tickle1570 churlish1577 unwieldsome1579 rebellious1587 disobedient1588 unframeable1593 unwilling1593 untractable1601 unmanageable1606 intractable1607 surly1609 unwedgeablea1616 dogged1627 uncontrollable1648 obdurate1651 morose1652 uncompliant1659 sullen1678 unpliant1716 ungovernable1773 sulky1867 intractile1880 unwieldly1881 bunglesome1915 1652 L. S. Natures Dowrie xxii. 53 This knot is somewhat morose, and will not easily be untied. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [adjective] > scrupulously careful or attentive to detail curious1570 nice1589 particular1616 scrupulous1638 elaborate1649 morose1695 minutiose1868 minutious1891 meticulous1952 1695 J. Edwards Disc. conc. Old & New-Test. III. xii. 482 He was a very Morose Interpreter. 1696 R. Bentley Of Revel. & Messias 10 Unworthy of the most cautious and morose searcher of truth. B. n. With plural agreement. With the. Morose people as a class. Now rare. ΚΠ 1620 T. Granger Syntagma Logicum 275 This to delight, to moue, and to allure with wiles, euen the refractory, and morose. 1711 J. Swift Argument abolishing Christianity in Misc. Prose & Verse 173 Convents..which are so many Retreats for the Speculative, the Melancholy, the Proud, the Silent, the Politick and the Morose. 1762 O. Goldsmith Life R. Nash 40 Let the morose and grave censure an attention to forms and ceremonies. 1833 R. H. Dana Tom Thornton in Poems & Prose Writings 154 Good fortune has something joyous in it, even to the morose. 2002 www.amazon.com 5 Apr. (O.E.D. Archive) Listmania! Music for the Morose. Compounds Complementary and parasynthetic. morose-looking adj. ΚΠ 1845 G. P. R. James Arrah Neil I. ii. 19 The elder of the two was a hard-featured, somewhat morose-looking personage. 1995 D. Ray Kangaroo Paws 103 George Laughlin, who recalled Lawrence as ‘a morose-looking fellow’. morose-natured adj. ΚΠ 1884 J. Payn Some Lit. Recoll. 62 A morose-natured man. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022). moroseadj.2 1. Theology. Of a thought or feeling: wrongly or sinfully prolonged or dwelt upon. Now rare. morose delectation n. the habit of dwelling with enjoyment upon evil thoughts. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > [adjective] > dwelling on evil with delight morousc1443 morosous1616 morose1645 society > morality > moral evil > [noun] > delight in evil > specific morose delectation1970 1645 H. Hammond Pract. Catech. ii. vi. 188 All morose thoughts i.e. dwelling or insisting on that image, or phansying of such uncleane matter with delectation. 1655 W. Nicholson Plain Expos. Catech. ii. 123 In this Commandment are forbidden..All that feeds this sin [sc. adultery], or are incentives to it: as..3. Morose thoughts, that dwell on the phansy with delight. 1970 P. O'Brian Master & Commander (new ed.) viii. 254 Indeed, it is not far from morose delectation. ΚΠ 1875 E. Poste tr. Gaius Institutionum Iuris Civilis (ed. 2) iii. 449 If he is Morose (a debtor chargeable with mora). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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