moroseness

There was something seriously wrong here, and not just his moroseness because of the move.

The noise she made with her mouth was at least an improvement over moroseness.

Her moroseness has transmitted itself, and she felt, as a mother, the burden of responsibility.

Why, I have been ashamed of your moroseness there!

McEwen noticed there was a moroseness in those large brown eyes.

Their effect has been more powerful because moroseness and skepticism are rampant in Europe.

"You can't slip into moroseness when they are around."

But he eventually agreed, with much moroseness of expression.

He said that perhaps his moroseness was the result of his worries.

Long since, as one feature of his developing moroseness, he had ceased from barking.

Gone was the moroseness of former days.

Coolness and moroseness on his part gave rise to want of confidence on the other.

He appeared not to notice her moroseness but stood relaxed, smiling down at her.

His temper, which had been serene, was turned by disappointment to moroseness and savagery.

A moroseness had come over the man's countenance.

But there has been the relentless moroseness.

As his moroseness got the upper hand, he entered into a permanent sulk and hardly said a word to anyone.

'Of course,' I said eagerly, rather ashamed of my moroseness.

Too long had he cultivated reticence, aloofness, and moroseness.

Then he relapsed into his former moroseness and resumed his meal in silence.

De Gaulle's moroseness did not last long.

Even Harry Potter had his moments of anger, moroseness and ill humor.

When Spock had taken his midday meal in the mess hall earlier today, he'd noted a decided moroseness among those present.

I do know the King's mood changed abruptly from one of moroseness to one of joy.

That minister had always been my secret enemy, though he outwardly caressed me more than was usual to the moroseness of his nature.