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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Sullenly melancholy; gloomy.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Fastidious; scrupulous.
  2. Of a sour temper; severe; sullen and austere.
  3. Synonyms Gloomy. Sulky, etc. (see sullen), gruff, crabbed, crusty, churlish, surly, ill-humored, ill-natured, cross-grained.
  4. Lingering; persistent.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. Sullen, gloomy; showing a brooding ill humour

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. Of a sour temper; sullen and austere; ill-humored; severe.
  2. adj. Lascivious; brooding over evil thoughts.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. showing a brooding ill humor

Etymologies

  1. Latin mōrōsus, peevish, from mōs, mōr-, self-will, caprice, manner; see mē-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  • Prolagus Look at this morose motherfucker right here. Looks like somebody shit in his cereal.
    (Movie: Chasing Amy) Mar 27, 2008

‘morose’ has been looked up 3932 times, loved by 15 people, added to 118 lists, commented on 1 time, and has a Scrabble score of 8.