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morose

[muh-rohs] / məˈroʊs /
ADJECTIVE
depressed, pessimistic
Synonyms
STRONGEST
cranky dour gloomy glum grouchy melancholy mournful sad sullen surly testy ugly
WEAK
acrimonious blue brusque cantankerous choleric churlish crabbed crabby cross dolorous down down in the dumps down in the mouth frowning gruff harsh having blue devils having the blahs ill-humored ill-tempered in a bad mood in a blue funk irritable low moody moping perverse perversive saturnine singing the blues snappish sour splenetic sulky taciturn troubled
Antonyms
STRONGEST
bright cheerful content gentle happy joyful pleasant
WEAK
friendly light-hearted optimistic uplifted

Example Sentences

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Mr. Holmes shows how the unstable and morose Tennyson, born in the wild Romantic age of Byron, Coleridge and Shelley, grew into the settled and self-satisfied voice of Victorian England.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

A morose horse, rice cakes, and a Harry Potter villain have become surprise hits in China ahead of the country's Lunar New Year holiday.

From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026

For starters, some chronic oversavers can be anxious and morose.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 24, 2025

As sad as the permanently morose seem, they do not even ridicule those who laugh, but those who find joy in their lives.

From Salon • Aug. 10, 2024

It made sense to her now that Hatsue had been so silent and morose—more silent and morose than her other daughters—since the day they left San Piedro.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson