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morose

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Definition:

(adj.) Gloomy and depressed; sand and miserable; dejected

Pronunciation:

muh - rohs

Also Known As:

despondent; downhearted

Examples:

"Two days later he was still hunting alone--very morose and very unhappy; but he was determined never to return to the tribe." Jungle Tales of Tarzan, Edgar Rice Burroughs

"What right have you to be dismal? What reason have you to be morose? You're rich enough." A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens

"This morose journeyman had no liking for me. When I was very small and timid, he gave me to understand that the Devil lived in a black corner of the forge, and that he knew the fiend very well..." Great Expectations, Charles Dickens

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