What does morgue mean?
Morgue means (archaic) A supercilious or haughty attitude; arrogance..
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/mɔːɡ/ · noun
(archaic) A supercilious or haughty attitude; arrogance..
They being newcomers, free from the western morgue so soon caught by Oriental Europeans, were particularly civil to me, even wishing to mix me a strong draught; but I was not so fortunate with all on board.
Librarian Talks of Newspaper Morgue
Shand: get down to the Record and the Trib. See what they've got on Elliot in their morgues.
Use morgue when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Morgue means (archaic) A supercilious or haughty attitude; arrogance..
Common synonyms include mortuary, dead room.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
They being newcomers, free from the western morgue so soon caught by Oriental Europeans, were particularly civil to me, even wishing to mix me a strong draught; but I was not so fortunate with all on board.
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