Mo-rōse′, a.

a. [Lat. morosus, properly, excessively addicted to any particular way or habit, from mos, moris, manner, habit, way of life; Fr. morose, It. & Sp. moroso.] Of a sour temper; sullen and austere; severe.

Some have deserved censure for a morose and affected taciturnity; others have made speeches, though they had nothing to say. Watts.

Synonyms— Sullen; gruff; severe; austere; gloomy; splenetic; crabbed; crusty; churlish; surly; ill-humored; ill-natured.