moroseness
moroseness noun: gloominess; sullenness; deep sadness.
Noun
moroseness (usually uncountable, plural morosenesses)
- Gloominess; sullenness; deep sadness.
- He acquired a slouching gait and ignoble look; his naturally reserved disposition was exaggerated into an almost idiotic excess of unsociable moroseness; and he took a grim pleasure, apparently, in exciting the aversion rather than the esteem of his few acquaintance.1847 December, Ellis Bell [pseudonym; Emily Brontë], Wuthering Heights: […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Thomas Cautley Newby, […], →OCLC
- Perhaps this excitement had begun much earlier, as I reflected afterwards when I recalled snatches of talk, and at the same time the increased quarrelsomeness of the convicts and the moroseness and peculiar irritability that had been conspicuous in them of late. I had put it down to the hard work...1920, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, translated by Constance Garnett, The House of the Dead
- Synonyms:
- morosity
moroseness meaning in Tamil
moroseness in Tamil
- மனநெருடு
Synonyms of moroseness
Forms of moroseness
| plural | morosenesses |
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Origin of moroseness
From morose + -ness.
Questions about moroseness
- What does moroseness mean?
- Moroseness means gloominess; sullenness; deep sadness.
- What is moroseness in Tamil?
- Moroseness in Tamil is மனநெருடு. See Moroseness meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is moroseness?
- Moroseness is a noun.
- What is the plural of moroseness?
- The plural of moroseness is morosenesses.
Words near moroseness in the dictionary
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