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SULLEN Synonyms

There are 16 synonyms of the word sullen. (exact relations)
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morose
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• showing a brooding ill humor

dour
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• stubbornly unyielding

• harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance

• showing a brooding ill humor

glum
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• moody and melancholic

• showing a brooding ill humor

moody
adjectiveadj
noun

• United States tennis player who dominated women's tennis in the 1920s and 1930s (1905-1998)

• United States evangelist (1837-1899)

adjective satellite

• showing a brooding ill humor

• subject to sharply varying moods

sour
verb, adjectivev, adj
adjective

• having a sharp biting taste

noun

• a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar

• the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth

• the property of being acidic

adjective satellite

• smelling of fermentation or staleness

• one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons

• in an unpalatable state

• inaccurate in pitch

• showing a brooding ill humor

verb

• go sour or spoil

• make sour or more sour

sulky
adjectiveadj
noun

• a light two-wheeled vehicle for one person; drawn by one horse

adjective satellite

• sullen or moody

• slow or slothful

• depressingly dark

brooding
adjectiveadj
noun

• sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body

• persistent morbid meditation on a problem

adjective satellite

• deeply or seriously thoughtful

gloomy
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• depressingly dark

• filled with melancholy and despondency

• causing dejection

grim
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty

• shockingly repellent; inspiring horror

• harshly ironic or sinister

• harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance

• filled with melancholy and despondency

• causing dejection

surly
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace

dark
adjectiveadj
adjective

• devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black

• (used of color) having a dark hue

noun

• absence of light or illumination

• absence of moral or spiritual values

• an unilluminated area

• the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

• an unenlightened state

adjective satellite

• brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes)

• stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable

• secret

• showing a brooding ill humor

• lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture

• marked by difficulty of style or expression

• causing dejection

• not giving performances; closed

glowering
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• showing a brooding ill humor

heavy
adjectiveadj
adjective

• of comparatively great physical weight or density

• unusually great in degree or quantity or number

• of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment

• marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness

• of great intensity or power or force

• (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight

noun

• an actor who plays villainous roles

• a serious (or tragic) role in a play

adverb

• slowly as if burdened by much weight

adjective satellite

• usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it

• (used of soil) compact and fine-grained

• darkened by clouds

• (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain

• permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter

• of relatively large extent and density

• made of fabric having considerable thickness

• prodigious

• full and loud and deep

• given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors

• of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought

• slow and laborious because of weight

• large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work

• dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal

• sharply inclined

• full of; bearing great weight

• requiring or showing effort

• characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort

• lacking lightness or liveliness

• (of sleep) deep and complete

• in an advanced stage of pregnancy

lowering
verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj
noun

• the act of causing to become less

• the act of causing something to move to a lower level

adjective satellite

• darkened by clouds

saturnine
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• bitter or scornful

• showing a brooding ill humor

threatening
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments

• darkened by clouds

Alternatives for MOROSE

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