英语词汇“morosely”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Synonyms

black
bleak
cheerless
chill
Cimmerian
cloudy
cold
comfortless
dark
darkening
depressing
depressive
desolate
dire
disconsolate
dismal
drear
dreary
dreich [chiefly Scottish]
elegiac
elegiacal
forlorn
funereal
gloomy
glum
godforsaken
gray
grey
lonely
lonesome
lugubrious
miserable
morbid
murky
plutonian
saturnine
sepulchral
solemn
somber
sombre
sullen
sunless
tenebrific
tenebrous
wretched

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Example Sentences

She thought of the bootlegger at home—a raddled, skinny old man, morose and suspicious. He sat on his front step with a shotgun on Halloween night.

Alice Munro, Runaway, 2004 We have little finished footage to go by, but enough to give us pause: an exquisite clip of Rochefort, sitting with a book in the half-darkness, his eyes wet, gleaming, and morose.

Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2003 I have never known if Momma sent for us, or if the St. Louis family just got fed up with my grim presence. There is nothing more appalling than a constantly morose child.

Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, 1969 He became morose and withdrawn and would not talk to anyone. those morose job seekers who have grown accustomed to rejection

Recent Examples on the Web But if that’s too morose, imagine a lifetime achievement award.

Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 16 June 2022 Between the album’s many attempts at confessional music is a sprinkling of the indistinct pop that Post has been refining over the years, clearly meant to keep things from getting too morose.

Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 9 June 2022 In the first couple of episodes of the new show, Pike is morose and obsessing about his future.

Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 May 2022 While one game in the collection hinges on death and the afterlife in a slightly morose way, and another includes black-and-white, small-sprite samurai combat (and is awesome), this content is fine for anyone 12 and up.

Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, 18 Apr. 2022 All of Degas’s ironic, morose and unsentimental intelligence is on display in these sentences.

Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2021 This is a morose serial-killer thriller, visually muted like a TV movie.

Gem Seddon, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2021 Campus was quiet and morose, the silences quivering with early-term nerves.

New York Times, 2 Feb. 2021 Even as tech optimism is obvious, sentiment in much of the rest of the market remains morose.

James Mackintosh, WSJ, 6 Sep. 2020 See More

单词	morosely
释义	morose adjective mo·rose mə-ˈrōs mȯ- 1 : having a sullen and gloomy disposition 2 : marked by or expressive of gloom morosely adverb moroseness noun morosity mə-ˈrä-sə-tē mȯ- noun Synonyms black bleak cheerless chill Cimmerian cloudy cold comfortless dark darkening depressing depressive desolate dire disconsolate dismal drear dreary dreich [chiefly Scottish] elegiac elegiacal forlorn funereal gloomy glum godforsaken gray grey lonely lonesome lugubrious miserable morbid murky plutonian saturnine sepulchral solemn somber sombre sullen sunless tenebrific tenebrous wretched See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences She thought of the bootlegger at home—a raddled, skinny old man, morose and suspicious. He sat on his front step with a shotgun on Halloween night. Alice Munro, Runaway, 2004 We have little finished footage to go by, but enough to give us pause: an exquisite clip of Rochefort, sitting with a book in the half-darkness, his eyes wet, gleaming, and morose. Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2003 I have never known if Momma sent for us, or if the St. Louis family just got fed up with my grim presence. There is nothing more appalling than a constantly morose child. Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, 1969 He became morose and withdrawn and would not talk to anyone. those morose job seekers who have grown accustomed to rejection Recent Examples on the Web But if that’s too morose, imagine a lifetime achievement award. Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 16 June 2022 Between the album’s many attempts at confessional music is a sprinkling of the indistinct pop that Post has been refining over the years, clearly meant to keep things from getting too morose. Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 9 June 2022 In the first couple of episodes of the new show, Pike is morose and obsessing about his future. Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 May 2022 While one game in the collection hinges on death and the afterlife in a slightly morose way, and another includes black-and-white, small-sprite samurai combat (and is awesome), this content is fine for anyone 12 and up. Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, 18 Apr. 2022 All of Degas’s ironic, morose and unsentimental intelligence is on display in these sentences. Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2021 This is a morose serial-killer thriller, visually muted like a TV movie. Gem Seddon, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2021 Campus was quiet and morose, the silences quivering with early-term nerves. New York Times, 2 Feb. 2021 Even as tech optimism is obvious, sentiment in much of the rest of the market remains morose. James Mackintosh, WSJ, 6 Sep. 2020 See More Word History Etymology Latin morosus, literally, capricious, from mor-, mos will First Known Use 1565, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Kids Definition morose adjective mo·rose mə-ˈrōs mȯ- : very serious, unhappy, and quiet She became morose and spoke to no one. morosely adverb as in glumly Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance glumly sullenly gloomily forlornly somberly dourly dejectedly joylessly disconsolately drearily darkly despondently mirthlessly pessimistically miserably dismally despairingly blackly dispiritedly distressfully cheerlessly distressingly mournfully abjectly dolefully lugubriously sorrowfully sharply bitterly ruefully plaintively unhappily resentfully poignantly acutely harshly piercingly dolorously painfully downheartedly inconsolably keenly regretfully severely sadly woefully agonizingly grievously wretchedly crestfallenly low-spiritedly cruelly sorely hurtfully ill rancorously wailfully hard hardly Antonyms & Near Antonyms happily blissfully joyously joyfully cheerily cheerfully merrily gayly delightedly gleefully sunnily gladly gaily mirthfully impassively lightheartedly nonchalantly stoically casually unconcernedly calmly indifferently dispassionately blithely rejoicingly lightly easily good-naturedly well favorably blithesomely See More
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