morose
pronunciation
How to pronounce morose in British English:
UK [məˈrəʊs]
How to pronounce morose in American English:
US [məˈroʊs]
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- Adjective:
- showing a brooding ill humor
Word Origin
- morose (adj.)
- 1530s "gloomy," from Latin morosus "morose, peevish, hypercritical, fastidious," from mos (genitive moris) "habit, custom" (see moral (adj.)). In English, manners by itself means "(good) manners," but here the implication in Latin is "(bad) manners." Related: Morosity.
Example
- 1. He ended alone and morose .
- 2. Certainly , poor filipinos seem to smile a great deal more readily than morose finns .
- 3. After one doctor 's visit , kazazic showed up at the aquarium feeling morose .
- 4. I soon found my bread bin to be empty , and sank again into a morose meditation .
- 5. Abandoned with their children , she became morose and depressed .