7 February 2015
morose
[muh-rohs]
adjective
1. gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.
2. characterized by or expressing gloom.
Origin
Latin
1555-1565; < Latin mōrōsus fretful, peevish, willful, equivalent to mōr- (stem of mōs) will, inclination + -ōsus -ose1
Related forms
morosely, adverb
moroseness, morosity [muh-ros-i-tee] (Show IPA), noun
supermorose, adjective
supermorosely, adverb
supermoroseness, noun
Synonyms
1. moody, sour, sulky, surly. See glum.
Antonyms
1. cheerful.
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Examples from the web for morose Expand
– He was unusually morose, even for a man who is usually morose.
– I’ve been so morose today, thinking of everything I failed at.
– Audiences also loved this biopic, which is loosely based on the life of a morose comic-book creator.
Anagram
Romeos
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Today’s aphorism
We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand, and it is no good moving from place to place to save things; because the shadow always follows. Choose a place where you won’t do harm – yes, choose a place where you won’t do very much harm, and stand in it for all you are worth, facing the sunshine.
– E.M. Forster, A Room With a View
On this day
7 February 1812 – birth of Charles Dickens, English writer and social critic. Author of numerous works, including The Pickwick Papers, David Copperfield, A Christmas Carol, A Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations, Oliver Twist. Died 9 June 1870.
7 February 1967 – Black Tuesday bushfires in Tasmania, which kill 62 and injure 900.
7 February 1971 – Switzerland gives women the right to vote.
7 February 1984 – Bruce McAndless becomes the first man to fly freely in space when he unclips his harness and uses a jet-pack to fly 300 feet away from the space shuttle, Challenger, before flying safely back to it.
7 February 1992 – Twelve members of the European Union ratify the Maastricht Treaty for greater economic integration, security and policing. The Treaty is implemented in November 1993. The nations were Great Britain, France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Denmark, Greece, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium and the Irish Republic.