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Words one letter apart

This week’s words
incubous
morose

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PRONUNCIATION:

(muh-ROHS)

MEANING:

adjective: Gloomy, sullen, or sour-tempered.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin morosus (peevish), from mos (manner, will). Earliest documented use: 1565.

NOTES:

Some wear rose-colored glasses. Others go for morose-colored ones. They don’t improve the view. They simply help you locate the cloud in every silver lining.

USAGE:

“[Clarence W. Cole’s] mood goes from merry to morose and back.”
Rod McQueen; ‘I’m Never Going to Be Chairman’; Toronto Star (Canada); Jan 17, 2026.

See more usage examples of morose in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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