morose
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Mr. Holmes shows how the unstable and morose Tennyson, born in the wild Romantic age of Byron, Coleridge and Shelley, grew into the settled and self-satisfied voice of Victorian England.
From The Wall Street Journal β Feb. 20, 2026
A morose horse, rice cakes, and a Harry Potter villain have become surprise hits in China ahead of the country's Lunar New Year holiday.
From Barron's β Feb. 5, 2026
For starters, some chronic oversavers can be anxious and morose.
From MarketWatch β Oct. 24, 2025
As sad as the permanently morose seem, they do not even ridicule those who laugh, but those who find joy in their lives.
From Salon β Aug. 10, 2024
Since he’d been turned into a corn plant in Venice, he’d only gotten more reclusive and morose.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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