adjective
- gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.
- characterized by or expressing gloom.
adjective
- ill-tempered or gloomy
adj.1530s “gloomy,” from Latin morosus “morose, peevish, hypercritical, fastidious,” from mos (genitive moris) “habit, custom” (see moral (adj.)). In English, manners by itself means “(good) manners,” but here the implication in Latin is “(bad) manners.” Related: Morosity.