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morosemo‧rose /məˈrəʊs $ -ˈroʊs/ adjective moroseOrigin: 1500-1600 Latin morosus, from mos; ➔ MORAL1 - a morose man
- Frank was sitting alone at the table, looking morose.
- Since the accident she's been morose and moody.
- Some people become morose and depressed when they first retire.
- And little Joan had grown morose and was under the care of a dermatologist who was giving her antibiotics.
- For days she was morose, and he could do nothing to cheer her up.
- He became a bit morose for a while a bit inside himself which is fairly natural under the circumstances I suppose.
- He gained a reputation as a practical joker, yet at the same time could be quite morose.
- He looked quite morose at the treatment handed out to cadavers.
- He was morose, pessimistic, obsessed with achieving the perfect style.
- Nails met them, looking as morose as themselves.
feeling sad or unhappy for a long time► depressed very unhappy and without any hope for a long time, and feeling that your life will never get better, sometimes so that this becomes a mental illness: · My sister's been really depressed since she lost her job.· A lot of people get depressed in the winter, when the weather's bad and there's very little sunlight.depressed about: · Greta often gets depressed about her weight. ► down/low informal unhappy, especially because something bad has happened to you and you cannot see how to make the situation better: · John's pretty low at the moment -- his business is losing money.· He's been feeling down since he failed his driving test for the fifth time. ► down in the dumps informal feeling unhappy and not having much interest in what is happening around you, but usually in a way that is not very serious: · Mom's kind of down in the dumps at the moment -- why don't you buy her something to cheer her up?· If you're feeling down in the dumps, come over and have a chat. ► feel blue informal to feel slightly sad or unhappy, because something bad has happened to you or sometimes for no particular reason: · Feeling blue? Don't know who to talk to? Phone Depression Hotline, 24 hours a day. ► morose someone who is morose behaves in an unhappy, bad-tempered way, and does not speak much to other people: · Since the accident she's been morose and moody.· Frank was sitting alone at the table, looking morose.· Some people become morose and depressed when they first retire. bad-tempered, unhappy, and silent: Daniel seems very morose and gloomy.—morosely adverb: He stared morosely at the floor.—moroseness noun [uncountable] |