morose Synonyms
Strongest:
- lonesome
- depressive
- dark
- desolate
- lonely
- grey
- cold
- depressing
- depressed
- darkening
- morbid
- bleak
- murky
- gray
- solemn
- somber
Strong:
- sullen
- disconsolate
- melancholy
- black
- oppressive
- sad
- dreich
- elegiac
- lugubrious
- drear
- cheerless
- cloudy
- gloomy
- comfortless
- chill
- blue
- saturnine
- dire
- dismal
- sepulchral
- sombre
- unhappy
- glum
- wretched
- funereal
- melancholic
- miserable
- dreary
- forlorn
Weak:
- tenebrous
- mournful
- sorrowful
- dispiriting
- desperate
- cimmerian
- elegiacal
- woeful
- hopeless
- discouraging
- pessimistic
- drab
- lamentable
- disheartening
- sunless
- tenebrific
- dejected
- dull
- distressful
- plutonian
- negative
- mirthless
- threatening
- dour
- woebegone
- down
- low
- despondent
- plaintive
- hangdog
- upsetting
- droopy
- inconsolable
- discomfiting
- godforsaken
- colorless
- dim
- menacing
- grim
- distressing
- dismaying
Strongest:
- bright
- sunshiny
- joyful
- jolly
- cheerful
- blithe
- gay
- comforting
- bright
- jolly
- gay
- festive
- cordial
- gay
- joyous
- merry
- buoyant
- cordial
- merry
- mirthful
- friendly
- blithe
- cheerful
- mirthful
- festive
- friendly
- sunshiny
- joyous
- cheery
- joyful
- gay
- cheery
- buoyant
- comforting
Strong:
- cheering
- optimistic
- cheering
- optimistic
- heartwarming
- jocund
- blithesome
- heartwarming
- lighthearted
- blithesome
- hopeful
- encouraging
- encouraging
- lighthearted
- jocund
- hopeful
Weak:
morose Meaning
morose (s)
showing a brooding ill humor
morose (a.)
Of a sour temper; sullen and austere; ill-humored; severe.
Lascivious; brooding over evil thoughts.
morose Sentence Examples
- The gloomy atmosphere cast a morose pall over the room, silencing all conversation.
- Her eyes reflected a deep sense of moroseness as she contemplated the recent tragedy.
- The morose expression on his face betrayed the inner turmoil that consumed him.
- The monotonous sound of rain drumming against the windowpanes only served to deepen his morose mood.
- His morose disposition permeated the office, casting a shadow over the mood of his colleagues.
- The morose news of the accident sent ripples of sadness through the community.
- The once-bright soul had now descended into a pit of moroseness, unable to find solace or joy.
- The morose atmosphere at the funeral weighed heavily on the mourners' hearts.
- The morose stranger wandered the streets aimlessly, with no purpose or direction.
- The morose silence between them spoke volumes about the unspoken wounds that lay between them.
FAQs About the word morose
showing a brooding ill humorOf a sour temper; sullen and austere; ill-humored; severe., Lascivious; brooding over evil thoughts.
lonesome, depressive, dark, desolate, lonely, grey, cold, depressing, depressed, darkening
bright, sunshiny, joyful, jolly, cheerful, blithe, gay, comforting, bright, jolly
The gloomy atmosphere cast a morose pall over the room, silencing all conversation.
Her eyes reflected a deep sense of moroseness as she contemplated the recent tragedy.
The morose expression on his face betrayed the inner turmoil that consumed him.
The monotonous sound of rain drumming against the windowpanes only served to deepen his morose mood.
