'Moroseness' definitions:

Definition of 'moroseness'

From: WordNet
noun
A gloomy ill-tempered feeling [syn: moroseness, glumness, sullenness]
noun
A sullen moody resentful disposition [syn: sulkiness, sullenness, moroseness, sourness]

Definition of 'Moroseness'

From: GCIDE
  • Moroseness \Mo*rose"ness\, n. Sourness of temper; sulenness. [1913 Webster]
  • Learn good humor, never to oppose without just reason; abate some degrees of pride and moroseness. --I. Watts. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: 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. [1913 Webster]

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