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morose.

Sullen, gloomy; showing a brooding ill humour.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/məˈɹəʊs/Received-Pronunciation/məˈɹoʊs/General-American/mɔɹˈoʊs/General-American
  1. Sullen, gloomy; showing a brooding ill humour.

Where this word comes from

From French morose, from Latin mōrōsus (“particular, scrupulous, fastidious, self-willed, wayward, capricious, fretful, peevish”), from mōs (“way, custom, habit, self-will”). See moral.

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