morose
adjectiveHow many syllables in morose?
There are 2 syllables in the word morose.How to pronounce morose:
Definition of morose:
- morose (adjective):
- showing a brooding ill humor.
- having a sullen and gloomy disposition
- ill-tempered, sullen, and unwilling to talk very much
Synonyms for morose:
black
bleak
blue
cheerless
chill
churlish
cloudy
cold
comfortless
crabbed
crabby
cross
crusty
dark
darkening
depressed
depressing
depressive
desolate
dire
disconsolate
dismal
dour
down
down in the dumps
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Antonyms for morose:
above
accessible
accommodating
acquiescent
admirable
advantageous
affable
affectionate
afire
aflame
agog
agreeable
airy
alluring
altruistic
ambitious
amenable
amiable
amicable
amusing
animate
animated
appealing
approachable
ardent
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Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- anew
- plenty
- simpler
- refuge
- straggled
- diner
- perplexed
- lastly
- fellate
- thousandth
- soggy
- simplest
- squeaks
- tossing
- furnish
- descends
- believes
- hotness
- published
- gnashing
- ashame
- meaning
- puffy
- orate
- baffled
- rapine
- canal
- couple
- adjust
- somehow
- piqued
- scattered
- melted
- sheepish
- fogged
- dragged
- unfazed
- bemoaned
- worthwhile
- hurted
- meandered
- jackstone
- password
- boasted
- relieved
- suburb
- throughly
- spearhead
- wizened
- jeering
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The variation in syllable count for the same word between British and American English accents, such as 'secretary', reflects differences in pronunciation standards.
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