morose

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morose

  • \mɔ.ʁoz\

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Du latin morosus.

adjective moroses

  1. Qui est d’une humeur chagrine. C’est un homme très morose.
  2. Peu réjouissant, attristant. Ce dernier point inquiète, les perspectives économiques étant, au mieux, moroses.

In English

  • morose sullen, gloomy; showing a brooding ill humour
  • dour expressing gloom or melancholy
  • sullen having a brooding ill temper
  • glum despondent
  • dyspeptic irritable or morose

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@misc{morose_2026,
  title = {morose},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fr/morose},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}