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moroseness

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Moroseness  \Mo*rose"ness\,  n. 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  moroseness 
  n  1:  a  gloomy  ill-tempered  feeling  [syn:  {glumness},  {sullenness}] 
  2:  a  sullen  moody  resentful  disposition  [syn:  {sulkiness},  {sullenness}, 
  {sourness}]




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