morose
adjective
[ məˈrəʊs ]
• sullen and ill-tempered.
• "she was morose and silent when she got home"
Similar:
sullen,
sulky,
gloomy,
bad-tempered,
ill-tempered,
in a bad mood,
dour,
surly,
sour,
glum,
moody,
unsmiling,
humourless,
uncommunicative,
taciturn,
unresponsive,
unsociable,
scowling,
glowering,
ill-humoured,
sombre,
sober,
saturnine,
pessimistic,
lugubrious,
Eeyorish,
mournful,
melancholy,
melancholic,
doleful,
miserable,
dismal,
depressed,
dejected,
despondent,
downcast,
unhappy,
low-spirited,
in low spirits,
low,
with a long face,
blue,
down,
fed up,
grumpy,
irritable,
churlish,
cantankerous,
crotchety,
cross,
crabbed,
crabby,
grouchy,
testy,
snappish,
peevish,
crusty,
waspish,
down in the mouth,
down in the dumps,
narky,
mardy,
mumpish,
Origin:
mid 16th century: from Latin morosus ‘peevish’, from mos, mor- ‘manner’.
