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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024mo•rose /məˈroʊs/USA pronunciation adj. - angrily gloomy, often in a quiet way:a morose and grouchy mood.
- characterized by or expressing gloom:a morose silence.
mo•rose•ly, adv.: He looked at us morosely. mo•rose•ness, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mo•rose (mə rōs′),USA pronunciation adj. - gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.
- characterized by or expressing gloom.
- Latin mōrōsus fretful, peevish, willful, equivalent. to mōr- (stem of mōs) will, inclination + -ōsus -ose1
- 1555–65;
mo•rose′ly, adv. mo•rose′ness, mo•ros•i•ty (mə ros′i tē),USA pronunciation n. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged moody, sour, sulky, surly. See glum.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged cheerful.
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