Morose
As he is in morose, he is not willing to talk to anyone.
He looked or got morose as he failed in all exams.
Are these sentences correct? Either I am unsure about "looked or got" in the second sentence.
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As he is in morose, he is not willing to talk to anyone. He got morose as he failed all his exams. looked morose just describes his appearance.
- As he is in morose, he is not willing to talk to anyone.
- He got morose as he failed all his exams.
- looked morose just describes his appearance.
- got morose describes his actual mood.
- The word 'morose' is somewhat uncommon in everyday English..
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As he is in morose, he is not willing to talk to anyone.
He got morose as he failed all his exams.
looked morose just describes his appearance.
got morose describes his actual mood.
The word 'morose' is somewhat uncommon in everyday English..
0Your sentences mix registers, containing very common words with one very unusual word, so they seem weird.
Common sentence (everyday English):
He is so sad that he is not willing to talk to anyone.
He is sad and not willing to talk to anyone.
High register sentence: Being morose, he is uncommunicative.
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