adj. Sullen, gloomy; showing a brooding ill humour
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Of a sour temper; sullen and austere; ill-humored; severe.
adj. Lascivious; brooding over evil thoughts.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Fastidious; scrupulous.
Of a sour temper; severe; sullen and austere.
Synonyms Gloomy. Sulky, etc. (see sullen), gruff, crabbed, crusty, churlish, surly, ill-humored, ill-natured, cross-grained.
Lingering; persistent.
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adj. showing a brooding ill humor
Word Usage
"Quite lately -- yesterday or the day before -- his mother had spoken to him, gently but very seriously, about what she called the morose and savage fits which would bring misery upon him if he did not set himself earnestly to overcome them."