morose
muh-ROHSadjMeaning sullen, gloomy and bad-tempered
Memory hook MO-ROSE: no ROSE can cheer him. Lin brings Marcus a rose to cheer him up, and he only scowls and grunts. No rose can brighten his sullen mood: he is morose.
The morose goalie barely spoke during the long bus ride home.
In context Usually cheerful, Uncle Marcus turned morose whenever it rained: he sat in his armchair, scowling, and answered every question with a grunt.
Similar sullen, gloomy, glum, surly
Opposite cheerful, sunny, jovial
From Latin morosus, “peevish, hard to please.”