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sullen
adjective as in brooding, upset
Weak matches
- bad-tempered
- cheerless
- crabbed
- crabby
- cross
- cynical
- dismal
- dull
- fretful
- frowning
- glowering
- gruff
- heavy
- ill-humored
- inert
- irritable
- malevolent
- malicious
- malign
- mean
- moody
- obstinate
- ornery
- out of sorts
- peevish
- perverse
- pessimistic
- pouting
- pouty
- querulous
- saturnine
- silent
- sour
- sourpussed
- stubborn
- sulking
- sulky
- tenebrific
- tenebrous
- unsociable
- uptight
Example Sentences
His mood was sullen, according to Meridith McGraw, author of Trump in Exile, an account of the former president’s time after leaving the White House.
The feeling between Trump and McConnell is mutual — the former president once called the Kentucky Republican "a dour, sullen, and unsmiling political hack."
Last Thursday, zookeepers noticed the usually playful and energetic bear became lethargic and sullen.
“You should have burnt to a crisp years ago, but here you are, sullen and aimless, but alive. That’s because at any given moment, somewhere, someone is playing that song that you hate so much. Lorna’s ‘Ballad’ is a protection spell.
The actress continued with the National Theatre for another two years including a performance as Mrs Sullen in the Restoration comedy The Beaux' Stratagem in Los Angeles.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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