He is very sullen now.
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Sullen
/ˈsʌlən/
Synonyms for "sullen" (206 found)
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irascibleleadenlong facedlong-facedloweringlugubriousmalevolentmaliciousmalignmeanmelancholymoodishmoodymopeymopingmopishmorbidmorosemulishmumpish
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mutinousnongregariousnot in the moodobstinateopinionatedopposedorneryout of humorout of sortsovercastoverzealouspeevishperfunctoryperseveringpertinaciousperversepessimisticpetulantpigheadedpoutingrecalcitrantrefractoryresistantrestiveruntysaturninescowlingself-containedself-sufficientself-willedsetsnugsocially incompatiblesourspleneticstiff neckedstiff-neckedstrong willedstrong-willedstrongheadedstubbornstuffysulkingsulkysurlytemperamentaltenacioustenebrosetenebroustruculentuglyunclubbableuncommunicativeuncompanionableuncongenialunconsentinguncooperativeunfriendlyungenialunregenerateunsociableunsocialunwillingwaywardwillfulwrongheaded
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4 entriesatmospheric conditionemotional statemood descriptorweather condition
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4 entriessullen demeanorsullen expressionsullen skysullen weather
Collocations
6 entriessullen expressionsullen looksullen moodsullen silencesullen skysullen weather
Inflections
2 entriesmore sullenmost sullen
Derivations
2 entriessimilar
2 entriesSample sentences
27 total sentences available.
She had a sullen look on her face.
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No longer mourn for me when I am dead / Than you shall hear the surly sullen bell / Give warning to the world that I am fled.
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He's just another sullen teenager.
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