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Moroseness

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mo⋅rose

  [muh-rohs]
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–adjective
1. gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.
2. characterized by or expressing gloom.
Origin:
1555–65; < L mōrōsus fretful, peevish, willful, equiv. to mōr- (s. of mōs) will, inclination + -ōsus -ose 1

Related forms:
mo⋅rose⋅ly, adverb
mo⋅rose⋅ness, mo⋅ros⋅i⋅ty  [muh-ros-i-tee] , noun

Synonyms:
1. moody, sour, sulky, surly. See glum.

Antonyms:
1. cheerful.
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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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Word Origin & History

morose 
1534 (implied in morosity), "gloomy," from L. morosus "morose, peevish, fastidious," from mos (gen. moris) "habit, custom" (see moral). Though in Eng., manners by itself means "(good) manners," here the implication in L. is "(bad) manners."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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