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Syn. -- Sullen; gruff; severe; austere; gloomy; crabbed;
crusty; churlish; surly; ill-humored.

Mo*rose"ly (?), adv. Sourly; with
sullen austerity.

Mo*rose"ness, n. Sourness of
temper; sulenness.

Learn good humor, never to oppose without just reason;
abate some degrees of pride and moroseness.

&fist; 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.

||Mo*ro"sis (m&osl;*rō"s&ibreve;s),
n. [NL., fr. Gr. mw`rwsis, fr.
mw^ros silly, foolish.] (Med.) Idiocy;
fatuity; stupidity.

Mo*ros"i*ty (?), n. [L.
morositas: cf. F. morosité.]
Moroseness. [R.] Jer. Taylor.

Mo"ro*soph (?), n. [Gr.
mo^ros foolish + sofo`s wise.] A
philosophical or learned fool.


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