Associations to the word «Sullen»
Noun
Adjective
- Defiant
- Brooding
- Gloomy
- Angry
- Ominous
- Insolent
- Frowning
- Dull
- Grim
- Tempered
- Savage
- Stubborn
- Depressed
- Fierce
- Silent
- Ugly
- Suspicious
- Cheerful
- Gray
- Childish
- Uttered
- Sad
- Eyed
- Melancholy
- Frightened
- Unhappy
- Dark
- Weary
- Sullen
- Distant
- Discontent
- Contemptuous
- Pinched
- Cynical
- Somber
- Obstinate
- Sombre
- Hateful
- Winged
- Scented
- Timid
- Aloof
- Crouched
- Muttering
- Indignant
- Brutal
- Brute
- Dreary
- Dusky
- Vicious
- Haired
Wiktionary
SULLEN, adjective. Having a brooding ill temper; sulky.
SULLEN, adjective. Gloomy; dismal; foreboding.
SULLEN, adjective. Sluggish; slow.
SULLEN, adjective. (obsolete) Lonely; solitary; desolate.
SULLEN, adjective. (obsolete) Mischievous; malignant; unpropitious.
SULLEN, adjective. (obsolete) Obstinate; intractable.
SULLEN, noun. (obsolete) One who is solitary, or lives alone; a hermit.
SULLEN, noun. Sullen feelings or manners; sulks; moroseness.
Dictionary definition
SULLEN, adjective. Showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen crowd".
SULLEN, adjective. Darkened by clouds; "a heavy sky".
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