morose English

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What does morose mean?

morose

— adjective (= dark, dour, glum, moody, saturnine, sour, sullen) showing a brooding ill humor a dark scowl the proverbially dour New England Puritan a glum, hopeless shrug he sat in moody silence a morose and unsociable manner a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius — Bruce Bliven a sour temper a sullen crowd

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sullen

sulky

glum

surly

moody

gloomy

sour

sad

dour

peevish

dark

crabbed

unhappy

saturnine

pettish

grumpy

glowering

cross

bleak

splenetic

sorrowful

rough

melancholy

irritable

irascible

in a bad mood

dismal

depressed

cranky

churlish

cheerless

bad-tempered

wry

wayward

waspish

vixenish

vinegary

vinegarish

vapoury

untoward

unthinking

unsocial

unsociable

unpleasant

unkind

unfriendly

uncivil

tetric

testy

tart

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Language and thought Emotion Feel bad

Sad

• What words describe someone who feels sad?
  sad crestfallen dejected disappointed discouraged doleful down downcast downhearted fed up forlorn gloomy glum grouchy grumpy with a heavy heart homesick low melancholy morose mournful pensive sober (adj) solemn sorry sorrowful sullen unhappy wistful woeful