A gloomy ill-tempered feeling

• A sullen moody resentful disposition
• Sad state

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a gloomy ill-tempered feeling [syn: glumness , sullenness ] a sullen moody resentful disposition [syn: sulkiness , sullenness , sourness ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. gloominess; sullenness; deep sadness.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1660s, from morose + -ness . Earlier in the same sense was morosity (1530s), from Middle French morosité , from Latin morositas .

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Moroseness \Mo*rose"ness\, n. Sourness of temper; sulenness. Learn good humor, never to oppose without just reason; abate some degrees of pride and moroseness. --I. Watts. Note: Moroseness is not precisely peevishness or fretfulness, though often accompanied ...