Moroseness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  moroseness
       n 1: a gloomy ill-tempered feeling [syn: {glumness}, {sullenness}]
       2: a sullen moody resentful disposition [syn: {sulkiness}, {sullenness},
           {sourness}]