Sullen

//ˈsʌlən//

Synonyms for "sullen" (484 found)

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Closest matches (97)

glowering sulking sulky antisocial at odds autistic averse bad-tempered balking balky bashful beetle browed beetle-browed bigoted black black-browed brooding broody bulldogged bulletheaded

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bullheaded cantankerous case hardened case-hardened chapfallen choleric churlish close cloudy contrary crabbed crabby cranky crestfallen cross cross grained cross-grained crotchety crusty cursory cynical dark dejected

Adjective(50 words)

morose dark dire dreich gloomy glum moody steady sulky abandoned adamant adamantine ardent arrant atrabiliary atrabilious augurous bad bad apple bad seed

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Noun(3 words)

aloner anchoret anchorite

Adjective(1 words)

dark

Strong matches (145)

depressed depressing differing difficult disagreeable disagreeing disinclined dismal disobedient dissociable dogged dogmatic dour dreary dumpish dyspeptic fanatic fanatical forced fractious

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fretful froward frowning funereal gloomy glum grim grum grumpy hardheaded harsh headstrong hostile ill-humored ill-natured ill-tempered incompatible indisposed indocile insociable intolerant involuntary irascible

Adjective(95 words)

depressed depressing desolate despicable despondent determined detrimental devilish diabolical diehard disastrous disconsolate disgruntled disheartened dismal dispirited dogged doleful dolesome down

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Adjective(4 words)

dour glowering glum heavy

Noun(3 words)

eremite glumps hermit

Related words (242)

Adjective(148 words)

lachrymose lack-laughter lamentful languid languorous lead-footed leaden lethargic low low-speed low-spirited lugubrious lumbering lumpish malefic maleficent malevolent malicious malign malignant

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maudlin melancholic melancholy mirthless miserable mopey mournful mulish nefarious nefastous niddering nidering niding nithing no joke no-good nocent noisome obdurate obstinate obstreperous omenic ominous passionate peccaminous peevish peremptory pernicious persistent pertinacious pigheaded plaintive plodding pokey ponderous portentous pouty prejudicial presageful presagious prodigious querulous recalcitrant refractory remiss reprehensible reprobate resolute resolved rigid sad saddened satanic saturnine scathful self-willed shattered sinful sinister slothlike slow slow as a snail slow as christmas slow as molasses slow as molasses in january slowfooted sluggish solemn somber sombre sordid sorrow-ridden sorrowful sorrowsome spiritless stalwart star-crossed stately staunch steadfast stern stubborn stubborn as a mule subglacial sunless tardigrade tedious tenacious terminal testudineous thran threnetic threnetical thwart torpid tough triste tristful truculent unbending uncheerful uncheery uncompromising unconsolable ungodly unhappy unholy unlively unmerry unmirthful unspeedy unyielding vehement vicious vile villainous viperish viperous wicked wilful willful wintry wistful woe woebegone woeful wretched wrong

Noun(7 words)

loner miller of dee monk mope recluse shut-in solitary

long faced long-faced lowering lugubrious malevolent malicious malign mean melancholy moodish moody mopey moping mopish morbid morose mulish mumpish mutinous nongregarious

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Adjective(6 words)

lowering moody morose saturnine sour threatening

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

1 entries

sad

Antonyms

4 entries

cheerful content lighthearted pleased

Synonyms

3 entries

glowering sulking sulky

Related terms

1 entries

peevish

related to

12 entries

dismal foreboding gloomy hermit moroseness slow sluggish solitary sulks sulky temper unpropitious

similar

3 entries

cloudy ill-natured

Translations

102 translations across 25 languages.

Ancient Greek

2 entries

βαρύθυμος adj (having a brooding ill temper)
σκυθρωπός adj (having a brooding ill temper)

Armenian

2 entries

խոժոռ adj (having a brooding ill temper)
մռայլ adj (dismal)

Bulgarian

3 entries

зловещ adj (dismal)
мрачен adj (having a brooding ill temper)
навъсен adj (having a brooding ill temper)

Catalan

3 entries

esquerp adj (having a brooding ill temper)
malhumorat adj (having a brooding ill temper)
sorrut adj (having a brooding ill temper)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

گرژ adj (having a brooding ill temper)

Czech

4 entries

bezútěšný adj (dismal)
mrzutý adj (having a brooding ill temper)
nevrlý adj (having a brooding ill temper)
pochmurný adj (dismal)

Danish

4 entries

dyster adj (dismal)
mut adj (having a brooding ill temper)
mørk adj (dismal)
treven adj (sluggish)

Dutch

4 entries

gemelijk adj (having a brooding ill temper)
nors adj (having a brooding ill temper)
somber adj (dismal)
traag adj (sluggish)

Finnish

4 entries

juro adj (having a brooding ill temper)
nyreä adj (having a brooding ill temper)
synkeä adj (dismal)
ynseä adj (having a brooding ill temper)

French

4 entries

lent adj (sluggish)
maussade adj (having a brooding ill temper)
morne adj (dismal)
morose adj (having a brooding ill temper)

Galician

2 entries

lento adj (sluggish)
túzaro adj (having a brooding ill temper)

German

4 entries

düster adj (dismal)
fade adj (dismal)
finster adj (dismal)
griesgrämig adj (dismal)

Irish

1 entries

doicheallach adj (having a brooding ill temper)

Italian

4 entries

afflitto adj (having a brooding ill temper)
astioso adj (having a brooding ill temper)
cupo adj (dismal)
disarmante adj (dismal)

Middle English

1 entries

soleyn adj (having a brooding ill temper)

Māori

4 entries

haumaruru adj (having a brooding ill temper)
pōkē adj (dismal)
pōkēkē adj (dismal)
tukumaru adj (having a brooding ill temper)

Norwegian

3 entries

muggen adj (dismal)
trist adj (dismal)
utilfreds adj (dismal)

Occitan

1 entries

ernhós adj (having a brooding ill temper)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

prunsch adj (having a brooding ill temper)

Portuguese

3 entries

carrancudo adj (having a brooding ill temper)
lento adj (sluggish)
sombrio adj (dismal)

Russian

2 entries

печа́льный adj (dismal)
угрю́мый adj (having a brooding ill temper)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

gruamach adj (having a brooding ill temper)
gruamach adj (dismal)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

mrzovoljan adj (having a brooding ill temper)
sumoran adj (dismal)
мрзовољан adj (having a brooding ill temper)
суморан adj (dismal)

Spanish

4 entries

hosco adj (having a brooding ill temper)
huraño adj (having a brooding ill temper)
lento adj (sluggish)
sombrío adj (dismal)

Swedish

2 entries

surmulen adj (having a brooding ill temper)
trumpen adj (having a brooding ill temper)

Sample sentences

27 total sentences available.

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He is very sullen now.

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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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