morose
adjectiveHow many syllables in morose?
There are 2 syllables in the word morose.Divide morose into syllables:
mo · rose
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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Other 2-syllable words like morose
Here are some other common words that have 2 syllables, like morose does.
- savor
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- imbed
- conformed
- transpires
- junction
- triumphed
- splashing
- babbled
- batted
- intend
- slower
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- tittle
- forkball
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- astride
- chitter
- burbling
- abjured
- aspired
- teetered
- sauted
- blossomed
- engrain
- clambered
- whimper
- lulling
- conversed
- unless
- bellow
- roguish
- cordon
- douter
- sorely
- more than
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