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məˈroʊsmo·rose
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
morose
The sullen and sulky are discontented and resentful in regard to that against which they are too proud to protest, or consider all protest vain; sullen denotes more of pride, sulky more of resentful obstinacy. The morose are bitterly dissatisfied with the world in general, and disposed to vent their ill nature upon others. The sullen and sulky are for the most part silent; the morose growl out bitter speeches. A surly person is in a state of latent anger, resenting approach as intrusion, and ready to take offense at anything; thus we speak of a surly dog. Sullen and sulky moods may be transitory; one who is morose or surly is commonly so by disposition or habit.
Synonyms:
acrimonious, churlish, crabbed, crusty, dogged, gloomy, gruff, ill-humored, ill-natured, severe, snappish, sour, splenetic, sulky, sullen, surlyAntonyms:
amiable, benignant, bland, complaisant, friendly, genial, gentle, good-natured, indulgent, kind, loving, mild, pleasant, sympathetic, tender
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Princeton's WordNet
dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullenadjective
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"
Synonyms:
pertinacious, heavy, forbidding, glum, sullen, dogged, dark, moody, non-white, temperamental, threatening, coloured, disconsolate, dark-skinned, black, gloomy, drear, benighted, off, blue, glowering, obscure, sour, sinister, turned, grim, saturnine, tenacious, off-key, dour, false, unyielding, sorry, drab, dingy, dreary, dismal, persistent, lowering, rancidAntonyms:
good-natured
Editors Contribution
depressed
morose means sad, grumpy.
"the girl was depressed because the pool was closed."
Submitted by JP03 on January 22, 2015
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Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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| #225 | off | |
| #271 | black | |
| #618 | blue | |
| #1640 | dark | |
| #2145 | heavy | |
| #2263 | sorry | |
| #2350 | turned | |
| #2392 | false | |
| #3964 | severe | |
| #9645 | persistent | |
| #9902 | threatening | |
| #11816 | coloured | |
| #11990 | moody | |
| #12027 | sour | |
| #12580 | lowering | |
| #13380 | obscure | |
| #14856 | grim | |
| #16946 | tenacious | |
| #19559 | sinister | |
| #25029 | bleak | |
| #25164 | rancid | |
| #25291 | melancholy | |
| #28539 | dismal | |
| #28701 | gloomy | |
| #29806 | sluggish | |
| #37338 | dreary | |
| #41434 | crusty | |
| #42416 | forbidding | |
| #43052 | drab | |
| #46824 | surly | |
| #50489 | dogged | |
| #53038 | austere | |
| #58318 | dingy | |
| #58451 | sullen | |
| #60813 | gruff | |
| #65060 | crabby | |
| #66650 | grouchy | |
| #68728 | dour | |
| #77107 | glum | |
| #77150 | sulky | |
| #77553 | unyielding | |
| #81204 | temperamental | |
| #86369 | morose | |
| #103017 | acrimonious | |
| #116500 | benighted | |
| #149185 | churlish | |
| #167212 | disconsolate | |
| #169244 | drear | |
| #186740 | saturnine | |
| #195687 | glowering | |
| #238388 | snappish | |
| #251752 | crabbed |
How to use morose in a sentence?
Out of damp and gloomy days, out of solitude, out of loveless words directed at us, conclusions grow up in us like fungus one morning they are there, we know not how, and they gaze upon us, morose and gray. Woe to the thinker who is not the gardener but only the soil of the plants that grow in him
Democracy is morose, and runs to anarchy.
Translations for morose
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- verdrießlich, mißmutigGerman
- σκυθρωπόςGreek
- taciturno, malhumoradoSpanish
- yrmeä, äreä, näreä, nyreäFinnish
- sombreFrench
- púiceachIrish
- gruamachScottish Gaelic
- उदासHindi
- մռայլ, խոժոռArmenian
- קוֹדֵרHebrew
- 슬픈,시무룩한Korean
- haumaruruMāori
- mismoedig, norsDutch
- posępny, ponuryPolish
- taciturnoPortuguese
- morocănos, moros, ursuzRomanian
- угрюмый, мрачныйRussian
- கவலையுடன்Tamil
- bunlu, hüzünlü, kederliTurkish
- حوصلہ افزائیUrdu
- 玫瑰Chinese
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