Sullenness
noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The state or quality of being sullen. uncountable
"“Marry come up—are you there with your bears?” muttered the dragon, with a draconic sullenness, which was in good keeping with his character, “we had as good have been Romans still, if we are to have no freedom in our pastimes!”"
- 2 a sullen moody resentful disposition wordnet
- 3 The result or product of being sullen. countable, rare
- 4 a gloomy ill-tempered feeling wordnet
Example
More examples"“Marry come up—are you there with your bears?” muttered the dragon, with a draconic sullenness, which was in good keeping with his character, “we had as good have been Romans still, if we are to have no freedom in our pastimes!”"
Etymology
From sullen + -ness.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.