English-Thai Dictionary

morose

ADJ ซึ่ง มี อารมณ์ ขุ่นมัว  ซึ่ง มี อารมณ์ไม่ดี  ซึ่ง มี อารมณ์ร้าย  เจ้าอารมณ์  moody bad-tempered sour sulky surly cheerful sueng-me-ar-rom-kun-mue

 

morosely

ADV อย่าง มี อารมณ์ ขุ่นมัว  sadly silently yang-me-ar-rom-kun-mue

 

moroseness

N การ มี อารมณ์ ขุ่นมัว  depression stubbornness kan-me-ar-rom-kun-mue

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MOROSE

a.[L. morosus. Morose then is from the root of L. moror, to delay, stop, hinder, whence commoror, to dwell; Eng. demur. ] Of a sour temper; severe; sullen and austere.
Some have deserved censure for a morose and affected taciturnity; others have made speeches though they had nothing to say.

 

MOROSELY

adv. Sourly; with sullen austerity.

 

MOROSENESS

n.Sourness of temper; sullenness. Moroseness is not precisely peevishness or fretfulness, though often accompanied with it. It denotes more of silence and severity or ill humor, than the irritability or irritation which characterizes peevishness. Learn good humor, never to oppose without just reason; abate some degrees of pride and moroseness.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MOROSE

Mo *rose ", a. Etym: [L. morosus, prop. , excessively addicted to any particular way or habit, fr. mos, moris, manner, habit, way of life: cf. F. morose. ]

 

1. Of a sour temper; sullen and austere; ill-humored; severe. "A morose and affected taciturnity. " I. Watts.

 

2. Lascivious; brooding over evil thoughts. [Obs. ]

 

Syn. -- Sullen; gruff; severe; austere; gloomy; crabbed; crusty; churlish; surly; ill-humored.

 

MOROSELY

MOROSELY Mo *rose "ly, adv.

 

Defn: Sourly; with sullen austerity.

 

MOROSENESS

MOROSENESS Mo *rose "ness, n.

 

Defn: Sourness of temper; sulenness. Learn good humor, never to oppose without just reason; abate some degrees of pride and moroseness. I. Watts.

 

Note: Moroseness is not precisely peevishness or fretfulness, though often accompained with it. It denotes more of silence and severity, or ill-humor, than the irritability or irritation which characterizes peevishness.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

morose

mo rose |məˈrōs, mô -məˈroʊs | ▶adjective sullen and ill-tempered. DERIVATIVES mo rose ly adverb, mo rose ness noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Latin morosus ‘peevish, ’ from mos, mor- ‘manner. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

morose

mor ¦ose |məˈrəʊs | ▶adjective sullen and ill-tempered: she was morose and silent when she got home. DERIVATIVES morosely adverb, moroseness noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Latin morosus ‘peevish ’, from mos, mor- ‘manner ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

morose

morose adjective Louis sat alone, looking morose: sullen, sulky, gloomy, bad-tempered, ill-tempered, dour, surly, sour, glum, moody, ill-humored, melancholy, melancholic, brooding, broody, doleful, miserable, depressed, dejected, despondent, downcast, unhappy, low, down, grumpy, irritable, churlish, cantankerous, crotchety, cross, crabby, cranky, grouchy, testy, snappish, peevish, crusty; informal blue, down in the dumps, down in /at the mouth. ANTONYMS cheerful.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

morose

morose adjective Louis sat alone at a table, looking morose: sullen, sulky, gloomy, bad-tempered, ill-tempered, in a bad mood, dour, surly, sour, glum, moody, unsmiling, humourless, uncommunicative, taciturn, unresponsive, unsociable, scowling, glowering, ill-humoured, sombre, sober, saturnine, pessimistic, lugubrious, Eeyorish, mournful, melancholy, melancholic, doleful, miserable, dismal, depressed, dejected, despondent, downcast, unhappy, low-spirited, in low spirits, low, with a long face, blue, down, fed up, grumpy, irritable, churlish, cantankerous, crotchety, cross, crabbed, crabby, grouchy, testy, snappish, peevish, crusty, waspish; informal down in the mouth, down in the dumps; Brit. informal narky; N. English informal mardy; informal, dated mumpish. ANTONYMS cheerful, happy, communicative.

 

French Dictionary

morose

morose adj. adjectif Triste, maussade. : Ces élèves sont moroses: elles manquent d ’entrain. SYNONYME abattu ; morne ; sombre ; taciturne . Note Orthographique m o r o se.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

morose

mo rose /məróʊs, mɔː -/形容詞 気難しい ; 不機嫌な, むっつりした ; 陰気な .～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞