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   Mo·rose

   /məˈrōs/

   

   adjective

   • 1. sullen and ill-tempered: "she was morose and silent when she got home"

   Word Origin mid 16th century: from Latin morosus ‘peevish’, from mos, mor- ‘manner’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. morosely adverb
   • 2. moroseness noun

   Scrabble Points: 8

   • M

     3

   • O

     1

   • R

     1

   • O

     1

   • S

     1

   • E

     1

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