as in somber
causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer
those morose job seekers who have grown accustomed to rejection
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Recent Examples of morose
Rivera is still alive but morose; Kahlo, his much younger wife and fellow artist, has been dead for three years, having expired at 47 following a life of near-constant pain.
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Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Mar. 2026
For his performance as the morose, sad-eyed—but genuinely threatening—sidekick to Pacino’s combustible grandstander, Cazale was nominated for a Golden Globe Award as best supporting actor.
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René Ostberg,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
12 Mar. 2026
The album’s best moments come when Joji deploys the noisy, aggressive production favored by morose rappers like fakemink, Bladee, and Playboi Carti.
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Mehan Jayasuriya,
Pitchfork,
11 Feb. 2026
The mood is neither morose nor blindly optimistic, even as the film celebrates the sense of family and community among these Southerners.
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David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
17 Jan. 2026
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Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Mar. 2026
For his performance as the morose, sad-eyed—but genuinely threatening—sidekick to Pacino’s combustible grandstander, Cazale was nominated for a Golden Globe Award as best supporting actor.
—
René Ostberg,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
12 Mar. 2026
The album’s best moments come when Joji deploys the noisy, aggressive production favored by morose rappers like fakemink, Bladee, and Playboi Carti.
—
Mehan Jayasuriya,
Pitchfork,
11 Feb. 2026
The mood is neither morose nor blindly optimistic, even as the film celebrates the sense of family and community among these Southerners.
—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
17 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for morose
Recent Examples of Synonyms for morose
Adjective
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The film breathes in a dynamic way, the last few beats taking a startling turn toward a somber wistfulness.
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The hilltop De Smet Cemetery strikes a somber note.
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The goofy sketch comedies and homemade spoofs that once filled his channel gradually disappeared, replaced by melancholy short films and bleak monologues.
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Cher’s court documents paint a bleak picture of how Allman, 49, allegedly blows through his $120,000 annual trust distributions.
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Two-thirds of respondents afflicted with alpha-gal reported anxiety or depressive disorders in a 2025 University of Missouri survey.
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There are four basic types of the disorder, which are characterized by periods of elation and hyperactivity known as manic episodes, which are then followed by depressive stages where the patient experiences feelings of sadness and depression.
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What a depressing, disturbing waste, no matter the final verdict.
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After watching and enjoying the film, a somewhat depressing thought leaped into my mind.
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But the book’s ruminative watchfulness is unsuccessfully conjugated in this overly sedate play with music, which has the feel of a song cycle, though sung by the fine cast with gorgeous, lonely sorrow.
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One casualty was his lovely Princeton apartment, which never came together, more grad-student than dean in its feel, a lonely refrigerator in the kitchen holding only a cup of iced coffee or a jar of mayonnaise.
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Tourism and city officials say that marketplace channels festival foot traffic directly to Black entrepreneurs and helps keep dollars circulating in local neighborhoods long after the stages go dark.
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Jason kept the look casual in a light blue graphic T-shirt, white shorts, a baseball cap and dark sunglasses.
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My wish also is that soloists cease all their vocal theatrics, which only distort and cheapen the solemn rendition of our anthem.
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The solemn observance honored the victims, survivors and first responders involved in the unprecedented search and recovery effort.
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Wilderness Little Kulala is about a 45-minute drive outside the park, located in a seemingly desolate rocky plain with harsh, jagged mountains interspersed throughout the flatlands.
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Most of the women disappeared between 2000 and 2010, and most of their remains were found on a desolate parkway not far from Long Island’s Gilgo Beach, some 50 miles (80 kilometers) from Manhattan.
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“Morose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/morose. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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