Moroseness

  • 11moroseness — noun 1. a gloomy ill tempered feeling • Syn: ↑glumness, ↑sullenness • Derivationally related forms: ↑sullen (for: ↑sullenness), ↑glum (for: ↑ …

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  • 12sullenness — noun 1. a gloomy ill tempered feeling • Syn: ↑moroseness, ↑glumness • Derivationally related forms: ↑sullen, ↑glum (for: ↑glumness), ↑morose ( …

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  • 13Discourtesy — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Discourtesy >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 discourtesy discourtesy Sgm: N 1 ill breeding ill breeding Sgm: N 1 ill manners ill manners bad manners ungainly manners Sgm: N 1 insuavity insuavity Sgm: N 1 uncourteousness …

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  • 14Misanthropy — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Misanthropy >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 misanthropy misanthropy incivism Sgm: N 1 egotism egotism &c.(selfishness) 943 Sgm: N 1 moroseness moroseness &c. 901a Sgm: N 1 cynicism cynicism GRP: N 2 …

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  • 15glumness — noun 1. an atmosphere of depression and melancholy gloom pervaded the office • Syn: ↑gloom, ↑gloominess • Hypernyms: ↑atmosphere, ↑ambiance, ↑ambience • Hyponyms …

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  • 16ill — adj., adv., & n. adj. 1 (usu. predic.; often foll. by with) out of health; sick (is ill; was taken ill with pneumonia; mentally ill people). 2 (of health) unsound, disordered. 3 wretched, unfavourable (ill fortune; ill luck). 4 harmful (ill… …

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  • 17sourness — noun 1. the property of being acidic • Syn: ↑sour, ↑acidity • Derivationally related forms: ↑acid (for: ↑acidity), ↑sour (for: ↑ …

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  • 18sulkiness — noun 1. a feeling of sulky resentment • Syn: ↑huffishness • Derivationally related forms: ↑huffish (for: ↑huffishness), ↑sulky • Hypernyms: ↑resen …

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  • 19Asperities — Asperity As*per i*ty, n.; pl. {Asperities}. [L. asperitas, fr. asper rough: cf. F. asp[ e]rit[ e].] 1. Roughness of surface; unevenness; opposed to {smoothness}. The asperities of dry bodies. Boyle. [1913 Webster] 2. Roughness or harshness of… …

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  • 20Asperity — As*per i*ty, n.; pl. {Asperities}. [L. asperitas, fr. asper rough: cf. F. asp[ e]rit[ e].] 1. Roughness of surface; unevenness; opposed to {smoothness}. The asperities of dry bodies. Boyle. [1913 Webster] 2. Roughness or harshness of sound; that… …

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