Both Uses of
morose
in
The Call of the Wild
- He was a gloomy, morose fellow, and he showed Curly plainly that all he desired was to be left alone
p. 22.3 *morose = unhappy
- He became more morose and irritable, and when camp was pitched at once made his nest, where his driver fed him.†
p. 88.4
Definition:
unhappy -- often with a withdrawn personality