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- pronunciation:
- suh
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer
part of speech: |
adjective |
definition 1: |
silently indicating resentment or bad temper.
She gave him a sullen look, and he realized it was not a good time to make his request.He was in a sullen mood after hearing the news.- synonyms:
- morose
- similar words:
- angry, cross, dour, glowering, glum, resentful, sour
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definition 2: |
frequently bad-tempered and stubbornly silent.
The sullen boy in the back row refused to answer any question put to him by the teacher.- synonyms:
- bad-tempered, sulky
- antonyms:
- cheerful
- similar words:
- bilious, choleric, crabbed, cranky, cross, disagreeable, dour, dyspeptic, grouchy, grumpy, ill-natured, irritable, mean, moody, peevish, saturnine, surly
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definition 3: |
dark, gloomy, or dispiriting.
There was a sullen atmosphere in the waiting room.- synonyms:
- dark, dismal, gloomy, somber
- similar words:
- black, cheerless, depressing, dour, dreary, moody, morose
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related words: |
bitter, dark, dismal, grim, gruff, huffy, stern |
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derivations: |
sullenly (adv.), sullenness (n.) |
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