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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
Unlike so many queer films of the time, Lee’s movie was not a sullen documentary, nor was it about HIV/AIDS or gay people who get killed or turn out to be murderers themselves.
After a pause, he returns to his usual sullen pitch and adds, “Well, the next generation tells time on their phones, so I figured no one was gonna miss this one.”
There is immense depth behind her sparkling eyes, which she can turn sullen in a second.
The Labour front bench looked slumped, slouched and sullen today - the realities of government still proving heavy after less than six months in office.
You never know how she’s going to react and while her large eyes are often sullen and sad, her expression unreadable, Dyrholm’s are wide and bright, verging on the edge of mania.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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