Sample Sentences for
morose
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    She gets morose when she thinks about her failed marriage.
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    she found the young man at the kitchen table, utterly morose.  (source)
    morose = unhappy and withdrawn
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    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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    Only old Benjamin was much the same as ever, except for being a little grayer about the muzzle, and, since Boxer's death, more morose and taciturn than ever.  (source)
    morose = very unhappy
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    Little Willie nodded morosely and answered, "Heard it myself."  (source)
    morosely = unhappily
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    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.
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    He was a gloomy, morose fellow, and he showed Curly plainly that all he desired was to be left alone  (source)
    morose = unhappy
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    "I had him from an egg, yeh know," said Hagrid morosely.  (source)
    morosely = with great sadness
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    Mr. Heathcliff followed, his accidental merriment expiring quickly in his habitual moroseness.†  (source)
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    What reason have you to be morose?  (source)
    morose = unhappy
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    He sat morosely with his elbows on his desk, cradling his chin in his hands.  (source)
    morosely = unhappily
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    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)
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    But I see I am becoming unduly introspective, and in a rather morose sort of way at that.  (source)
    morose = unhappy (and often withdrawn)
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