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Is morose a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word morose is a Scrabble US word. The word morose is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is morose a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word morose is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

M3O1R1O1S1E1

Is morose a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word morose is a Words With Friends word. The word morose is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (2 found)

MOROSE,ROMEOS,

5-letter words (11 found)

MOERS,MOORS,MOOSE,MORES,MORSE,OMERS,ROMEO,ROOMS,ROOSE,SMOOR,SMORE,

4-letter words (23 found)

EMOS,EROS,MOER,MOES,MOOR,MOOS,MORE,MORS,MOSE,OMER,OOMS,OOSE,ORES,REMS,REOS,ROES,ROMS,ROOM,ROOS,ROSE,SOME,SOOM,SORE,

3-letter words (25 found)

EMO,EMS,ERM,ERS,MES,MOE,MOO,MOR,MOS,OES,OMS,OOM,OOR,OOS,ORE,ORS,OSE,REM,REO,RES,ROE,ROM,ROO,SER,SOM,

2-letter words (12 found)

EM,ER,ES,ME,MO,OE,OM,OO,OR,OS,RE,SO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 74 words from morose according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of morose

morose

Etymology

From French morose, from Latin mōrōsus (“particular, scrupulous, fastidious, self-willed, wayward, capricious, fretful, peevish”), from mōs (“way, custom, habit, self-will”). See moral.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /məˈɹəʊs/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /məˈɹoʊs/, /mɔɹˈoʊs/
  • Rhymes: -əʊs, -oʊs

Adjective

morose (comparative more morose or moroser, superlative most morose or morosest)

  1. Sullen, gloomy; showing a brooding ill humour.
    Synonyms: melancholy, sulky, crabby, glum, grouchy, gruff, moody

Derived terms

  • morose delectation

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

  • “morose”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “morose”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “morose”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • Moores, Romeos, mooers, more so, moreso, roomes

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mōrōsus (“peevish, wayward”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔ.ʁoz/
  • Homophone: moroses

Adjective

morose (plural moroses)

  1. sullen, gloomy, morose

Derived terms

  • morosement
  • morosité

Related terms

  • mœurs

Further reading

  • “morose”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Adjective

morose

  1. feminine plural of moroso

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /moːˈroː.se/, [moːˈroːs̠ɛ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /moˈro.se/, [moˈrɔːs̬e]

Adjective

mōrōse

  1. vocative masculine singular of mōrōsus

References

  • “morose”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “morose”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • morose in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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