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| Main Entry: |
sullenness
 [suhl-uhn] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sulkiness |
| Synonyms: | acrimony, anger, gloominess, moodiness, moroseness |
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| Main Entry: | asperity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | harshness; bad temper |
| Synonyms: | acerbity, acrimony, bitterness, churlishness, crabbiness, crossness, difficulty, disagreeableness, irascibility, irritability, meanness, moroseness, peevishness, roughness, sharpness, sourness, sullenness, tartness |
| Antonyms: | calmness, happiness, kindness, mildness |
| Main Entry: | silence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | absence of sound, speech |
| Synonyms: | blackout, calm, censorship, dead air, death, dumbness, hush, hush-hush, inarticulateness, iron curtain, laconism, lull, muteness, noiselessness, peace, quiescence, quiet, quietness, quietude, quietus, reserve, reticence, saturninity, secrecy, sleep, speechlessness, still, stillness, sulk, sullenness, taciturnity, uncommunicativeness |
| Antonyms: | clamor, communication, noise, talk |
Example Sentences
- Her smiling response to him was replaced by sullenness.
- Every song's chorus helpfully comes prearranged as a sing-along: no room for sullenness here.
| Main Entry: | temper |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | angriness; bad mood |
| Synonyms: | acerbity, anger, annoyance, bad humor, cantankerousness, crossness, dander, excitability, fit, fretfulness, furor, fury, grouchiness, heat*, hotheadedness, huffiness, ill-humor, impatience, irascibility, ire, irritability, irritation, miff, outburst, passion, peevishness, petulance, pugnacity, rage, resentment, sensitivity, short fuse, slow burn, snit, sourness, stew, sullenness, surliness, tantrum, tartness, tear*, tiff, tizzy, touchiness, wax |
| Antonyms: | happiness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sulkiness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sourness |
| Synonyms: | anger, gloominess, glumness, grouchiness, sullenness |
| Main Entry: | irascibility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | temper |
| Synonyms: | acerbity, anger, annoyance, bad humor, cantankerousness, crossness, dander, excitability, fit, fretfulness, furor, fury, grouchiness, heat*, hotheadedness, huffiness, ill-humor, impatience, irascibleness, ire, irritability, irritation, low boiling point, miff, outburst, passion, peevishness, petulance, pugnacity, rage, resentment, sensitivity, short fuse, slow burn, snit, sourness, spleen, stew, sullenness, surliness, tantrum, tartness, tear*, temperament, tetchiness, tiff, tizzy, touchiness, wax |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | irascibleness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | temper |
| Synonyms: | acerbity, anger, annoyance, bad humor, cantankerousness, crossness, dander, excitability, fit, fretfulness, furor, fury, grouchiness, heat*, hotheadedness, huffiness, ill-humor, impatience, irascibility, ire, irritability, irritation, low boiling point, miff, outburst, passion, peevishness, petulance, pugnacity, rage, resentment, sensitivity, short fuse, slow burn, snit, sourness, spleen, stew, sullenness, surliness, tantrum, tartness, tear*, temperament, tetchiness, tiff, tizzy, touchiness, wax |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | noiselessness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | silence |
| Synonyms: | blackout, calm, censorship, dead air, death, dumbness, hush, hush-hush, inarticulateness, iron curtain, laconism, lull, muteness, peace, quiescence, quiet, quietness, quietude, quietus, reserve, reticence, saturninity, secrecy, sleep, soundlessness, speechlessness, still, stillness, sulk, sullenness, taciturnity, uncommunicativeness |
| Main Entry: | quietness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | silence |
| Synonyms: | blackout, calm, censorship, dead air, death, dumbness, hush, hush-hush, inarticulateness, iron curtain, laconism, lull, muteness, noiselessness, peace, quiescence, quiet, quietude, quietus, reserve, reticence, saturninity, secrecy, sleep, soundlessness, speechlessness, still, stillness, sulk, sullenness, taciturnity, uncommunicativeness |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Copyright © 2012 by the Philip Lief Group.
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