American English pronunciation
How to pronounce morose
IPA transcription: [mɚ'oʊs]
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Adjective
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showing a brooding ill humor; ; ; ; ; ; - Bruce Bliven
“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”
“a sour temper”
“a sullen crowd”
Usage examples
- Mr. Heathcliff followed, his accidental merriment expiring quickly in his habitual moroseness.
- Mr. Heathcliff followed, his accidental merriment expiring quickly in his habitual moroseness.