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morosest

morosest is the superlative form of morose.

Meaning of morose

Adjective

morose (comparative more morose or moroser, superlative most morose or morosest)

  1. Sullen, gloomy; showing a brooding ill humour.
    • If there is any boy or man who loves to be melancholy and morose, and who cannot enter with kindly sympathy into the regions of fun, let me seriously advise him to shut my book and put it away. It is not meant for him.1857, R. M. Ballantyne, The Coral Island

Questions about morosest

What is morosest the superlative form of?
Morosest is the superlative form of morose.

Words near morosest in the dictionary

  1. morose delectations
  2. morosely
  3. moroseness
  4. morosenesses
  5. moroser
  6. morosest
  7. morosexual
  8. morosis
  9. morosities
  10. morosity
  11. morosoph

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