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Synonyms for "sullen" in English

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sullen:
- embittered; grim; sullen; huffy; grumpy; touchy; cross-grained; thin-skinned; stern; gruff; surly; tenacious; obstinate; persevering; stubborn; recalcitrant; heady; pig-headed; tacky; viscous; persistent; rebellious; tedious; boring; refractory; unrelenting; unyielding; mindless; stupefied; dull; leathery; headstrong; tough; sulky; peevish; stiff; moody; bad-tempered; cantankerous; rigid; nagging; crabbed; crusty; heavy; threatening; lowering; sour; dark; glum; dour; morose; glowering; saturnine
- dull; gloomy; sullen; sulky; morose

English

Detailed Synonyms for sullen in English

sullen:

sullen adj

sullen
embittered; grim; sullen
- embittered adj
- grim adj
- sullen adj
sullen
huffy; grumpy; touchy; cross-grained; thin-skinned; grim; stern; sullen; gruff; surly
- huffy adj
- grumpy adj
- touchy adj
- cross-grained adj
- thin-skinned adj
- grim adj
- stern adj
- sullen adj
- gruff adj
- surly adj
sullen
tenacious; obstinate; cross-grained; persevering; stubborn; recalcitrant; heady; pig-headed; tacky; viscous; persistent; rebellious; tedious; boring; grumpy; refractory; sullen; unrelenting; unyielding; mindless; stupefied; dull; stern; surly; leathery; headstrong; tough
- tenacious adj
- obstinate adj
- cross-grained adj
- persevering adj
- stubborn adj
- recalcitrant adj
- heady adj
- pig-headed adj
- tacky adj
- viscous adj
- persistent adj
- rebellious adj
- tedious adj
- boring adj
- grumpy adj
- refractory adj
- sullen adj
- unrelenting adj
- unyielding adj
- mindless adj
- stupefied adj
- dull adj
- stern adj
- surly adj
- leathery adj
- headstrong adj
- tough adj
sullen
grumpy; sullen; sulky; peevish; stiff; gruff; moody; surly; bad-tempered
- grumpy adj
- sullen adj
- sulky adj
- peevish adj
- stiff adj
- gruff adj
- moody adj
- surly adj
- bad-tempered adj
sullen
grumpy; cantankerous; surly; rigid; nagging; crabbed; crusty; gruff; sullen
- grumpy adj
- cantankerous adj
- surly adj
- rigid adj
- nagging adj
- crabbed adj
- crusty adj
- gruff adj
- sullen adj
sullen

– darkened by clouds ¹
heavy; threatening; sullen; lowering
– darkened by clouds ¹
- heavy adj
  - a heavy sky¹
- threatening adj
- sullen adj
- lowering adj
sullen

– showing a brooding ill humor ¹
sour; moody; dark; sullen; glum; dour; morose; glowering; saturnine
– showing a brooding ill humor ¹
- sour adj
  - a sour temper¹
- moody adj
  - he sat in moody silence¹
- dark adj
  - a dark scowl¹
- sullen adj
  - a sullen crowd¹
- glum adj
  - a glum, hopeless shrug¹
- dour adj
  - the proverbially dour New England Puritan¹
- morose adj
  - a morose and unsociable manner¹
- glowering adj
- saturnine adj
  - a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius¹

sullen

sullen
dull; gloomy; sullen
- dull
- gloomy
- sullen
sullen
sullen; sulky
- sullen
- sulky
sullen
sullen; sulky; morose
- sullen
- sulky
- morose

Related Words for "sullen":

sullenness, sullener, sullenest, sullenly

Alternate Synonyms for "sullen":

dark; dour; glowering; glum; moody; morose; saturnine; sour; ill-natured
heavy; lowering; threatening; cloudy

Related Definitions for "sullen":

darkened by clouds¹
showing a brooding ill humor¹
- a sullen crowd¹

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University