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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
morose/məˈrəʊs/

▶adjective sullen and bad-tempered.

– derivatives
morosely adverb,
moroseness noun.

– origin C16: from L. morosus ‘peevish’, from mos, mor- ‘manner’.

'morose' also found in these Oxford entries:

glum - ill-tempered - miserable - sulk - sulky

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