Crossword clues for moroseness
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 with it. It denotes more of silence and severity, or ill-humor, than the irritability or irritation which characterizes peevishness.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1660s, from morose + -ness. Earlier in the same sense was morosity (1530s), from Middle French morosité, from Latin morositas.
Wiktionary
n. gloominess; sullenness; deep sadness.
WordNet
n. a gloomy ill-tempered feeling [syn: glumness, sullenness]
a sullen moody resentful disposition [syn: sulkiness, sullenness, sourness]
Usage examples of "moroseness".
He shook off the momentary moroseness and continued in a more lively voice, "Yeah, I already know about Claypoole and MacIlargie.