morose Copy link Outline 1. perh. tristis, e (sometimes = gloomy, forbidding)2. tētrĭcus (harsh and forbidding)3. mōrōsus (wayward, fretful, hard to please)4. diffĭcĭlis5. ĭnhūmānus (disobliging, churlish, disagreeable) • morose: 1. perh. tristis, e (sometimes = gloomy, forbidding): cf. Tac. H. 1, 14, extr., aestimatione recta severus, deterius interpretantibus tristior habebatur, i. e. rightly judged, he was simply severe (unbending): by those who put a less favourable construction on things, he was pronounced morose: cf. Sen. Ep. 36, 3, sqq. (But tristis does not necessarily imply this: cf. Cic. Quint. 18, 59, where natura tristis ac recondita, is a melancholy and reserved disposition). 2. tētrĭcus (harsh and forbidding): Join: horridus et tetricus [animus], Sen. Ep. 36, 3: t. et asper, Mart. 12, 70, 4. 3. mōrōsus (wayward, fretful, hard to please): v. peevish. 4. diffĭcĭlis: v. ill-tempered. 5. ĭnhūmānus (disobliging, churlish, disagreeable): cf. Cic. Sen. 3, 7, moderati et nec difficiles nec inhumani senes, neither ill-tempered nor morose. (N.B.--Severus denotes praise-worthy strictness; austerus, unbending gravity or sternness.)