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Usage

• morose

  Someone who is morose is unhappy, bad-tempered, and unwilling to talk very much.

• bellicose

  If you are bellicose, you behave in an aggressive way and are likely to start an argument or fight.

• verbose

  Something that is verbose, such as a speech or article, contains too many words.

• otiose

  Something that is otiose is unnecessary, worthless, ineffective, or impractical; an otiose person is lazy and thus ineffective.

• lachrymose

  If someone is lachrymose, they tend to cry often; if something, such as a song, is lachrymose, it tends to cause tears because it is so sad.

• grandiose

  When you do something in a grandiose way, it is very showy, impressive, and magnificent.

• jocose

  Someone who is jocose is given to joking around or being playful, merry, and humorous.

• adipose

  composed of animal fat

• comatose

  relating to or associated with a coma

• globose

  having the shape of a sphere or ball

• varicose

  abnormally swollen or knotty

• viscose

  a cellulose ester obtained by treating cellulose with caustic soda