MOROSE
ADJECTIVES
1594 — EAR-SORE irritable, ill-tempered, morose, peevish, quarrelsome; apt to take offense → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1633 — SPLENITIVE splenetic; irritable, morose, peevish, ill-humoured, quick-tempered, testy → obs.
1640 — GRUM gloomy, morose, surly, glum
1684 — EFFERATE fierce, harsh, morose → obs.
1700 — CHUFFY clownish, churlish, rude, blunt, surly, morose → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1727 — TETRICOUS sour in countenance; austere, severe, harsh, crabbed, perverse, morose → obs.
1731 — AGELASTIC never laughing; morose, gloomy → obs.
1742 — ALLAGRUGOUS discontented-looking, ill-natured, morose, disagreeable; grim, ghastly → Sc.
1746 — MUGGARD sullen, sulky, morose; displeased, discontented → Eng. dial. obs.
1776 — CRABBY bad-tempered, cross-grained, perverse, fractious, peevish, morose
1780 — GLUMPY glum, sullen, sulky, morose, gloomy; ill-tempered, low-spirited, grumpy → chiefly Eng. dial.
1783 — GLOMPY sullen, morose, sour-looking; ill-humoured, low-spirited, grumpy → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1783 — GLUMFIE sullen, morose, sour-looking; ill-humoured, low-spirited, grumpy → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1785 — RUSTY lacking polish or refinement; rough, uncultured; surly, churlish; morose
..19C — HUMMEL-DRUMMEL morose and taciturn → Sc.
1824 — GLUNCHY morose, bad-tempered → Sc.
1832 — CHUFF surly, churlish; gruff, stern, morose → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1837 — VINAIGROUS vinegary, sour; sour-tempered, ill-tempered, unamiable, morose, crabbed, peevish
.M19 — CAG sulky, morose→ US criminals’ sl.
1852 — THIRTOVER — THURTIFER — THURTOVER — THWARTOVER cross, contrary, obstinate, morose, ill-tempered, unruly, self-willed → Eng. dial.
1857 — ILL vicious, bad-tempered, cross, angry, peevish, fretful, morose, unpleasant → Amer. dial.
1867 — DARK-LIKE gloomy, morose → Sc.
1875 — JUNTOUS apt to take offense; ill-tempered, sullen, captious, surly, morose → Eng. dial.
1887 — ILL-BLAINED morose, ill-tempered, irritable → Eng. dial.
1887 — ILL-BLENDED morose, ill-tempered, irritable → Eng. dial.
1887 — ILL-TWINED morose, ill-tempered, irritable → Sc.
1897 — DARK gloomy, morose → Eng. dial.
1902 — INBIGGIT selfish, morose, reserved → Sc. (Bk.)
1905 — QUEER AS DICK’S HATBAND in a very morose or sullen temper → Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
1920 — GROWLY subject to moroseness or ill temper expressed in growls → colloq.
1945 — CRUSTY morose, snappish → US Western sl. (Bk.)
1950 — GRUM AND CHUFF sulky in demeanour and surly in speech; morose and forbidding → Amer. dial.
1952 — DOWNBEAT depressing, gloomy, subdued, pessimistic, sombre, morose → sl., orig. US
1996 — SPLEENY touchy, morose → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
ADVERBS
1727 — GRUMLY sullenly, morosely
NOUNS
1988 — A FACE LIKE A DYIN’ CALF a morose, sorrowful look → Can. sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
1450 — GRIMSIR — GRIMSIRE an austere, stern, morose, or overbearing person; a grim old man; a haughty or arrogant person in office → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1592 — MOROSO a morose, peevish, or surly person → obs.
1751 — BEAR a brutal, coarse, or morose person
1804 — GLUMP a sulky, sullen, morose person; an irritable or gloomy person; a pessimist → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1815 — GLUMPH a sulky, sour or morose person → Sc.
1824 — GLUNNER — GLUNTER an ignorant, morose, sour-tempered fellow → Sc. obs.
1841 — CRAB-STICK a bad-tempered, morose person or child; a disagreeable, crabbed person
1868 — ILL-WILLIE a person of a morose or bad-tempered disposition → Sc.
1888 — GLUNSCHOCK one who has a frowning or morose countenance; a sour-tempered fellow → Sc. (Bk.)
1902 — LONG-LIP a person of a sulky, morose temperament → Sc. (Bk.)
1940 — LAUGHING BOY a morose or unpleasant fellow; a gloomy-looking person; used ironically → sl.
1940 — LAUGHING GIRL a morose or unpleasant female; used ironically as the title of a gloomy-looking person → US sl.
1943 — SAD SACK a habitually morose, miserable person → sl.
1968 — MISERY-GUTS a depressing, morose, or complaining person → Brit. colloq.
1988 — BAG OF MISERY a morose, unhappy person → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
1988 — TALL STREAK OF MISERY a person who is always morose or miserable → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
PHRASES
1834 — A BLACK DOG HAS WALKED OVER HIM said of a sullen, discontented, or morose person
VERBS
1840 — BE UP A GRUB to be sulky or bad-tempered; to be out of temper or morose → Eng. dial.
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