adjective. Sullenly melancholy; gloomy.

Fastidious; scrupulous.

Of a sour temper; severe; sullen and austere.

Synonyms Gloomy. Sulky, etc. (see sullen), gruff, crabbed, crusty, churlish, surly, ill-humored, ill-natured, cross-grained.

Lingering; persistent.

adjective. Of a sour temper; sullen and austere; ill-humored; severe.

adjective. Lascivious; brooding over evil thoughts.

adjective. Sullen, gloomy; showing a brooding ill humour

adjective. showing a brooding ill humor

"Quite lately -- yesterday or the day before -- his mother had spoken to him, gently but very seriously, about what she called the morose and savage fits which would bring misery upon him if he did not set himself earnestly to overcome them."

morose delectation  

ill-natured  

morosely  moroseness  morosity  

Gross  Grosz  adios  arkose  bowse  

crabbed  cynical  dejected  disagreeable  discontented  

austere  autistic  bashful  beetle-browed  black