[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

moroseness \morose"ness\, n.
   sourness of temper; sulenness.
   1913 webster

         learn good humor, never to oppose without just reason;
         abate some degrees of pride and moroseness. --i. watts.
   1913 webster

   note: moroseness is not precisely peevishness or fretfulness,
         though often accompanied with it. it denotes more of
         silence and severity, or ill-humor, than the
         irritability or irritation which characterizes
         peevishness.
         1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

moroseness
     n 1: a gloomy ill-tempered feeling syn: glumness, sullenness
     2: a sullen moody resentful disposition syn: sulkiness, sullenness,
         sourness
see also:
glumness sullenness sulkiness sourness 

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