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morose
sullen, gloomy, and ill-tempered
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Questions about “morose”
Morose (adjective) means sullen, gloomy, and ill-tempered
Here is morose used in an example sentence: "He grew morose and withdrawn after the project was canceled."
Common synonyms for morose include sullen, gloomy, sulky, glum.
Antonyms of morose include cheerful, jovial, blithe.
Morose is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.
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