moroseness

Noun
Synonyms: glumnesssullennesssulkinesssourness

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. a gloomy ill-tempered feelingSynonyms: glumnesssullenness
  2. a sullen moody resentful dispositionSynonyms: sulkinesssullennesssourness
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Moroseness \Mo*rose"ness\, n. Sourness of temper; sulenness. [1913 Webster]

Learn good humor, never to oppose without just reason; abate some degrees of pride and moroseness. --I. Watts. [1913 Webster]

Note: Moroseness is not precisely peevishness or fretfulness, though often accompanied with it. It denotes more of silence and severity, or ill-humor, than the irritability or irritation which characterizes peevishness. [1913 Webster]

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