Sullenness, anger, or sadness personified.

The state or quality of being morose; morose character or disposition. Formerly also (chiefly in the 17th cent.): †an instance of moroseness (obsolete…

Disturbance of mind or temper.

Disturbance of ‘humour’, temper, or mind; = distemper, n.1 3.

Adverseness, frowardness. Obsolete. rare.

The condition or quality of being sullen in behaviour, aspect, or temper. Also, an instance of this.

With the. Indignation, ill-humour. to bear (one) upon (also in) the spleen, to bear resentment against. Obsolete.

Derangement or disturbance of the ‘humour’ or ‘temper’ (according to medieval physiology regarded as due to disturbance in the bodily ‘humours’; cf. t…

Crossness; ill humour. Obsolete.

figurative. Scottish. Bad humour, ill temper.

The state or quality of being morose; morose character or disposition; a morose mood.

the quality of being tetrical.

The state or condition of being moody or withdrawn; sullenness; an instance of this.

Ill-humour.

A disagreeable, irascible, or sullen mood or frame of mind (humour, n. 5); crossness, moroseness, sullenness, bad temper. (In this sense often…

The state or quality of being sulky.

U.S. (See quot. 1787) Cf. stuffy, adj. 4.

Originally Scottish. A state or fit of gloom, bad temper, depression, irritation, etc. Esp. in in a funk. Cf. blue funk n. (b) at blue, adj. n.com…

Moodiness; capriciousness.