- 1. n. Sourness of temper; sulenness. Source: opted
- 2. n. a gloomy ill-tempered feeling Source: wordnet
- 3. n. a sullen moody resentful disposition Source: wordnet
- 4. Sourness of temper; sulenness. Learn good humor, never to oppose without just reason; abate some degrees of pride and moroseness. I. Watts. Note: Moroseness is not precisely peevishness or fretfulness, though often accompained with it. It denotes more of silence and severity, or ill-humor, than the irritability or irritation which characterizes peevishness. Source: webster
- 5. Sourness of temper; sulenness.Learn good humor, never to oppose without just reason; abate somedegrees of pride and moroseness. I. Watts. Source: adambom
- 6. n. a gloomy ill-tempered feeling Source: ecdict
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