'Morose' definitions:

Definition of 'morose'

From: WordNet
adjective
Showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen crowd" [syn: dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen]

Definition of 'Morose'

From: GCIDE
  • Morose \Mo*rose"\ (m[-o]*r[=o]s"), a. [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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Lascivious; brooding over evil thoughts. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: Sullen; gruff; severe; austere; gloomy; crabbed; crusty; churlish; surly; ill-humored. [1913 Webster]