\Mo*rose"ness\, n.
Sourness of temper; sulenness.
      Learn good humor, never to oppose without just reason;
      abate some degrees of pride and moroseness. --I. Watts.
Note: Moroseness is not precisely peevishness or fretfulness,
      though often accompained with it. It denotes more of
      silence and severity, or ill-humor, than the
      irritability or irritation which characterizes
      peevishness.