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Definitions for Sullen

[1] showing irritation or ill humor by a gloomy silence or reserve.
[2] persistently and silently ill-humored; morose.
[3] indicative of gloomy ill humor.
[4] gloomy or dismal, as weather or a sound.
[5] sluggish, as a stream.
[6] Obsolete . malignant, as planets or influences.
[7] unwilling to talk or be sociable; sulky; morose
[8] sombre; gloomy a sullen day
[9] literary sluggish; slow a sullen stream
[10] obsolete threatening
[11] (plural) archaic a sullen mood

Words related to Sullen

dour, morose, hostile, churlish, petulant, somber, gloomy, ugly, glum, surly, grumpy, bad-tempered, cheerless, crabby, cross, cynical, dismal, dull, fretful, gruff

Words nearby Sullen

sulindac, sulk, sulky, sulla, sullage, sullen, sullivan, sullom voe, sully, sully-prudhomme, sulph-

Origin of Sullen

1565–75; earlier solein, Middle English < ?

Other words from Sullen

sul·len·ly , adverb
sul·len·ness , noun
un·sul·len , adjective
un·sul·len·ly , adverb

Word origin for Sullen

C16: perhaps from Anglo-French solain (unattested), ultimately related to Latin sōlus alone

Synonyms for Sullen

churlish, dour, gloomy, glum, grumpy, hostile, morose, petulant, somber, surly, ugly, 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