Morose means gloomy or in a bad mood, so whenever the adverb morosely describes your actions, you're not feeling very cheerful. There is an element of crankiness in the word morosely, which you can even see it its Latin root, morosus, which means "peevish".

What does morosely mean?

1 : having a sullen and gloomy disposition. 2 : marked by or expressive of gloom.

What does stared morosely mean?

in a very unhappy or annoyed way: He was sitting at the edge of the group and staring morosely into space. "I can't take it anymore," he declared morosely, shaking his head. See. morose.