# morose

> English word · Adjective · IPA /məˈɹəʊs/ · frequency rank #56,921

## Definitions
1. Sullen, gloomy; showing a brooding ill humour.

## Etymology
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
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/morose