Morose synonyms and antonyms

mə-rōs', mô-

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dark
Having richness or depth:
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gloomy
Marked by hopelessness; very pessimistic:
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sour
Bad-tempered and morose; peevish:
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crusty
Outspoken and surly. Used especially of older people.
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melancholy
The definition of melancholy is someone or something that is sad or gloomy.
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troubled (related)
Emotionally or mentally disturbed
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dolorous
Marked by or exhibiting sorrow, grief, or pain.
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sullen
Somber; dull
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severe
Stern or forbidding, as in manner or appearance:
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glum
The definition of glum is being or looking gloomy or sad.
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acrimonious
Bitter and caustic in temper, manner, or speech
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ill-natured
Spiteful; nasty:
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gruff
Rough or surly in manner or speech; brusquely rude
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perversive
Tending to pervert.
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ill-tempered
Having or showing a bad temper; quarrelsome; sullen; irritable
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sulky
(Often derogatory) silent and withdrawn after being upset
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grouchy
In a bad-tempered or sulky mood; grumpy
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saturnine
Having or marked by a tendency to be bitter or sardonic:
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churlish
Stingy or mean
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cantankerous
Difficult to handle:
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cross
(Archaic) Causing harm; unfavorable
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snappish
Likely to snap or bite.
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frowning
Ill-humored
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cross-grained
(Of timber) Having an irregular rather than a parallel grain.
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harsh
Unpleasant, uncomfortable, or hostile to survival:
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sad (related)
Appearing sorrowful.
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irritable (related)
(Physiol.) Able to respond to a stimulus
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blue
(Entertainment, informal) Pornographic or profane.
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choleric
(Obs.) Of or having choler, or bile
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depressed
Feeling or characterized by sadness or dejection.
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dour
Expressing gloom or melancholy; sullenly unhappy.
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grum
Morose, stern, surly.
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moody
Expressive of a mood, especially a sullen or gloomy mood:
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morbid
Suggesting the horror of death; macabre or ghoulish
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unamiable
Not amiable; not likable; having a tendency to be disliked.
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unhappy
Not suitable; inappropriate:
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cheerful (antonym)
Willing; ready
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happy (antonym)
Cheerful; willing:
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uplifted (antonym)
very depressed, pessimistic
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optimistic (antonym)
Expecting the best in all possible ways.
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light-hearted (antonym)
Alternative spelling of lighthearted.
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friendly (antonym)
Generally warm, approachable and easy to relate with in character.
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glowering
showing a brooding ill humor; ; ; ; ; ; - Bruce Bliven
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self-absorbed (related)
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pensive (related)
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self-pitying (related)
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humourless (related)
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garrulous (related)
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world-weary (related)
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overwrought (related)
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taciturn (related)
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lugubrious (related)
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misanthropic (related)
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self-obsessed (related)
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moping
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  • His face suddenly took on a morose expression.

  • When he came in to tea, silent, morose, and with tear-stained face, everybody pretended not to notice anything.

  • Those about him had never seen the count so morose and irritable.

  • He was a silent morose man, not popular among his contemporaries, but "always a faithfull Man to the Company."

  • The popular notion that Bentham was a morose visionary is far removed from fact.

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