Meaning

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

    verdrießlich, missmutig, moros

    угрю́мыйugrjúmyj, мра́чныйmráčnyj

    showing a brooding ill humor

Examples

3 sentences
  1. He is morose today.

    Він сьогодні похмурий.

    ruОн сегодня угрюмый.

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  2. Why are you so morose?

    ruТы чего такой угрюмый?

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  3. The language of the beasts became clear to little Claus; but he never could understand their sulky and morose tempers.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
sullen, gloomy; showing a brooding ill humour:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
sullen, gloomy; showing a brooding ill humour:

Origin

From French morose, from Latin mōrōsus (“particular, scrupulous, fastidious, self-willed,

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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Forms

more morose/moroser, most morose/morosest
Comparativemore morose / moroser Lesson
Superlativemost morose / morosest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

17 synonyms

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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