morose
/məˈɹoʊs/adjective
morose is spelled M-O-R-O-S-E: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 56,788th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, morose means “Sullen, gloomy; showing a brooding ill humour” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in morose?
| Letters | 6: M-O-R-O-S-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 56,788th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is morose?
Morose appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 56,788th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce morose?
- UK /məˈɹəʊs/
- US /məˈɹoʊs/
- US /mɔɹˈoʊs/
Morose has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-morose.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with morose?
9 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as morose from its last stressed vowel (/oʊs/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: moreso.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of morose
- more morose comparative
- moroser comparative
- most morose superlative
- morosest superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does morose mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Sullen, gloomy; showing a brooding ill humour.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Morose in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense sullen, gloomy; showing a brooding ill humour:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | sombre, morose |
| German | verdrießlich, missmutig, moros |
| Portuguese | taciturno |
| Spanish | malhumorado |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does morose come from?
From French morose, from Latin mōrōsus (“particular, scrupulous, fastidious, self-willed, wayward, capricious, fretful, peevish”), from mōs (“way, custom, habit, self-will”). See moral.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).