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[muh-rohs] 
–adjective
| 1. | gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood. |
| 2. | characterized by or expressing gloom. |
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| mo·rose (mə-rōs', mô-) adj. Sullenly melancholy; gloomy. [Latin mōrōsus, peevish, from mōs, mōr-, self-will, caprice, manner; see mē-1 in Indo-European roots.] mo·rose'ly adv., mo·rose'ness n. |
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Moroseness
Mo*rose"ness\, n. Sourness of temper; sulenness. Learn good humor, never to oppose without just reason; abate some degrees of pride and moroseness. --I. Watts. Note: Moroseness is not precisely peevishness or fretfulness, though often accompained with it. It denotes more of silence and severity, or ill-humor, than the irritability or irritation which characterizes peevishness.
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