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  • She gets morose when she thinks about her failed marriage.
  • she found the young man at the kitchen table, utterly morose.  (source)
    morose = unhappy and withdrawn
  • he shirked the austere and nearly morose stance of older singers and actually smiled when he sang--sometimes even at women.  (source)
    morose = unhappy
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  • Jacob asked, his voice morose.  (source)
    morose = unhappy
  • Little Willie nodded morosely and answered, "Heard it myself."  (source)
    morosely = unhappily
  • PLAYER: Of moroseness?†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
  • the morose face buried deeply inside an army-issue parka.  (source)
    morose = unhappy
  • Nearly Headless Nick, the ghost of Gryffindor Tower, was staring morosely out of a window, muttering under his breath, "…. don't fulfill their requirements …. half an inch, if that …."  (source)
    morosely = unhappily
  • Very soon you seemed to get used to me: I believe you felt the existence of sympathy between you and your grim and cross master, Jane; for it was astonishing to see how quickly a certain pleasant ease tranquillised your manner: snarl as I would, you showed no surprise, fear, annoyance, or displeasure at my moroseness; you watched me, and now and then smiled at me with a simple yet sagacious grace I cannot describe.†  (source)
  • "If I don't seem as depressed or morose as I should be, sorry to disappoint you," I said, and after people laughed, I added...  (source)
    morose = unhappy
  • Annabeth and Grover shook their heads morosely.  (source)
    morosely = unhappily
  • Mr. Heathcliff followed, his accidental merriment expiring quickly in his habitual moroseness.†  (source)
  • Prchal looks morose.  (source)
    morose = unhappy (or depressed)
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