“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!”
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Sullenness
Synonyms for "sullenness" (47 found)
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Closest matches (10)
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Related words (23)
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3 entriesderived from
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1 entriesTranslations
15 translations across 7 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- βαρυθυμία noun (state or quality of being sullen)
- σκυθρωπότης noun (state or quality of being sullen)
Finnish
4 entries- jurous noun (state or quality of being sullen)
- nyreys noun (state or quality of being sullen)
- ynseys noun (state or quality of being sullen)
- yrmeys noun (state or quality of being sullen)
German
3 entries- Verdrossenheit noun (state or quality of being sullen)
- Verdruss noun (state or quality of being sullen)
- Überdruss noun (state or quality of being sullen)
Miami
1 entries- aahkwiteeheeyoni noun (state or quality of being sullen)
Māori
1 entries- mūmū noun (state or quality of being sullen)
Romanian
1 entries- ursuzenie noun (state or quality of being sullen)
Spanish
3 entries- hastío noun (state or quality of being sullen)
- hosquedad noun (state or quality of being sullen)
- murria noun (state or quality of being sullen)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
’Twas sunset: when the sun will part There comes a sullenness of heart To him who still would look upon The glory of the summer sun.
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