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单词 moroseness
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morosenessn.

Brit. /məˈrəʊsnəs/, U.S. /mɔˈroʊsnəs/, /məˈroʊsnəs/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: morose adj.1, -ness suffix.
Etymology: < morose adj.1 + -ness suffix. Compare earlier morosity n.
The state or quality of being morose; morose character or disposition; a morose mood.
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the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > [noun]
melancholya1393
morosity1534
distemperature1571
distemperance1574
diverseness1574
sullennessa1586
spleen1596
distemper1604
mustinessa1625
canker?1635
distemperedness1649
moroseness1653
tetricalness1653
moodiness1694
dishumour1712
ill humour1748
sulkiness1760
stuff1787
funk1808
sumphishness1830
spleenishness1847
moodishness1857
grouchiness1925
society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > [noun] > moroseness or sulking
morosity1534
dort1632
moroseness1653
surliness1700
sulkiness1760
sulk1792
sulks1805
sulking1880
mard1998
1653 J. Gauden Hieraspistes To Rdr. sig. a4v Many have..a morosenesse, censoriousnesse, and supercilious indifferency towards all, but those they count theirs.
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Northampt. 291 Always cheerful without the least levity, and grave without any morosness.
1692 T. Taylor in tr. G. Daniel Voy. World Cartesius Ep. Ded. sig. A3 Your Genius, wherein Philosophy is divested of the Stiffness and Moroseness of the Schools.
1746 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 44 44 I..know some, on whose Faces a settled Moroseness always strikes the Beholder.
1782 J. H. St. J. de Crèvecoeur Lett. from Amer. Farmer iii. 66 They adopt the moroseness and ferocity of a native, without his mildness, or even his industry at home.
1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre III. i. 33 You showed no..displeasure at my moroseness.
1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 4 The grace and cheerfulness..have disappeared; and a spirit of moroseness..has taken their place.
1924 P. G. Wodehouse Bill the Conqueror xvi. 246 Bill, somewhat recovered now from the moroseness which comes to those abruptly awakened in the small hours, was growing interested.
1989 R. MacNeil Wordstruck iii. 68 It was Hemingwayesque, as were the sodden moroseness, the black moods, that sometimes resulted.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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