1 : having a sullen and gloomy disposition. 2 : marked by or expressive of gloom.
What are examples of morose?
Morose in a Sentence ?
- When her dog died, the little girl was morose for months.
- The funny movie was exactly what I needed to improve my morose mood.
- After their team lost the basketball game, the disappointed fans looked morose. ...
- Not surprisingly, his funeral was a morose event which left all the guests in tears.
What is the similar meaning of morose?
Some common synonyms of morose are crabbed, gloomy, glum, saturnine, sulky, sullen, and surly. While all these words mean "showing a forbidding or disagreeable mood," morose adds to glum an element of bitterness or misanthropy.