All 5 Uses of
morose
in
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- Twelve officers of the fraternity of fools raised him on their shoulders; and a sort of bitter and disdainful joy lighted up the morose face of the cyclops, when he beheld beneath his deformed feet all those heads of handsome, straight, well-made men.†
Chpt 1.1.5morose = unhappy
- She shuddered and turned round; but applause broke forth and drowned the morose exclamation.†
Chpt 1.2.3 *
- He recalled the violent scene which he had just witnessed in part; that the gypsy was struggling with two men, that Quasimodo had a companion; and the morose and haughty face of the archdeacon passed confusedly through his memory.†
Chpt 1.2.5
- He was a priest, austere, grave, morose; one charged with souls; monsieur the archdeacon of Josas, the bishop's second acolyte, having charge of the two deaneries of Montlhéry, and Châteaufort, and one hundred and seventy-four country curacies.†
Chpt 1.4.5
- The candle fully illuminated his gaunt and morose profile.†
Chpt 2.10.5
Definition:
unhappy -- often with a withdrawn personality