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sullenness Definition


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sullen
adj
    1. Silently and stubbornly angry, serious, morose, moody or unsociable.
      Thesaurus: silent, moody, glum, sour, cross, surly, resentful, melancholy, despondent, depressed, low, saturnine; Antonym: cheerful, sociable.
    2. Said of skies, etc: heavy and dismal.
Derivative: sullenly
adverb
    Derivative: sullenness
    noun
      Etymology: 16c.



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