What is another word for sullen?
982 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ sˈʌlən], [ sˈʌlən], [ s_ˈʌ_l_ə_n]
Sullen is an adjective that describes someone who is bad-tempered, sulky, and gloomy. There are various words that can be used instead of sullen, each with slightly different nuances and meanings. For example, a person who is brooding may be lost in thought or preoccupied with worries, whereas someone who is moody may experience sudden shifts in emotion. Another synonym for sullen is morose, describing someone who is constantly sad or depressed. Additionally, glum, surly, and dour are all good synonyms for sullen, offering different levels of severity to indicate a range of negative emotions and feelings. Choosing the right synonym can help to add nuance and depth to your writing or conversation, allowing you to more accurately describe someone's attitude or demeanor.
Synonyms for Sullen:
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adj.
• bad-tempered • dejected- anguished ,
- anxious ,
- blue ,
- contemplative ,
- dejected ,
- depressed ,
- despairing ,
- despondent ,
- disconsolate ,
- discouraged ,
- disheartened ,
- dispirited ,
- dolorous ,
- downhearted ,
- dreary ,
- gloomy ,
- glum ,
- heartbroken ,
- joyless ,
- lachrymose ,
- melancholy ,
- miserable ,
- morose ,
- mournful ,
- overcome ,
- pensive ,
- plaintive ,
- sad ,
- wistful ,
- woeful .
- Black-hearted ,
- antagonistic ,
- baleful ,
- baneful ,
- catty ,
- corrosive ,
- evil ,
- foul ,
- hateful ,
- hostile ,
- hurtful ,
- malevolent ,
- malicious ,
- malignant ,
- mean ,
- nasty ,
- perfidious ,
- rancorous ,
- sinister ,
- spiteful ,
- treacherous ,
- venomous ,
- vicious ,
- vindictive ,
- virulent ,
- wicked .
- Moping ,
- beetle-browed ,
- cantankerous ,
- contrary ,
- cynical ,
- dissociable ,
- fretful ,
- frowning ,
- glowering ,
- grouchy ,
- irascible ,
- long-faced ,
- noncooperative ,
- obstinate ,
- scowling ,
- sour ,
- sulky ,
- uncooperative ,
- unfriendly ,
- ungenial ,
- unsociable .
- be grudging ,
- be-grudging ,
- in tense ,
- in tenser ,
- in tensest ,
- in-tense ,
- in-tenser ,
- in-tensest ,
- more begrudging ,
- more estranged ,
- most begrudging ,
- most estranged ,
- with chip shoulder .
- de pressed ,
- de solate ,
- de-pressed ,
- de-solate ,
- drab ,
- draggier ,
- draggiest ,
- in dumps ,
- jarring ,
- mopier ,
- mopiest ,
- more dejecting ,
- more drearisome ,
- most dejecting ,
- most drearisome ,
- un comfortable ,
- un-comfortable .
- dis courteous ,
- dis-courteous ,
- more cloddish ,
- more clodhopping ,
- more cussed ,
- more lowbred ,
- more unneighborly ,
- most cloddish ,
- most clodhopping ,
- most cussed ,
- most lowbred ,
- most unneighborly ,
- oafish ,
- un civil ,
- un civilized ,
- un cultured ,
- un mannerly ,
- un neighborly ,
- un polished ,
- un sociable ,
- un-civil ,
- un-civilized ,
- un-cultured ,
- un-mannerly ,
- un-neighborly ,
- un-polished ,
- un-sociable .
- emulsified ,
- in definite ,
- in distinct ,
- in-definite ,
- in-distinct ,
- mis tier ,
- mis-tier ,
- misty ,
- more blurred ,
- more emulsified ,
- more nontranslucent ,
- more nontransparent ,
- more nubilous ,
- most blurred ,
- most emulsified ,
- most nontranslucent ,
- most nontransparent ,
- most nubilous ,
- mucky ,
- mushy ,
- non translucent ,
- non transparent ,
- non-translucent ,
- nontransparent ,
- opaque ,
- over cast ,
- over-cast .
- badtempered ,
- ill humored ,
- illhumored ,
- mis anthropic ,
- mis-anthropic ,
- more difficult ,
- more ill humored ,
- more ill-humored ,
- more illhumored ,
- more nasty tempered ,
- more nasty-tempered ,
- more nastytempered ,
- most crabbed ,
- most ill humored ,
- most ill-humored ,
- most illhumored ,
- most nasty tempered ,
- most nasty-tempered ,
- most nastytempered ,
- nasty tempered ,
- nastytempered .
- dis agreeable ,
- dis-agreeable ,
- faultfinding ,
- more caviling ,
- more pettish ,
- most caviling ,
- most pettish ,
- out humor ,
- quick tempered ,
- quicktempered .
- bad tempered ,
- dis appointed ,
- dis content ,
- dis contented ,
- dis-appointed ,
- dis-content ,
- dis-contented ,
- more bellyaching ,
- more crabbing ,
- more griping ,
- more grousing ,
- more kicking ,
- more kvetching ,
- more malcontented ,
- more uncontent ,
- more ungratified ,
- most bellyaching ,
- most crabbing ,
- most discontented ,
- most griping ,
- most grousing ,
- most kicking ,
- most kvetching ,
- most malcontented ,
- most uncontent ,
- most ungratified ,
- un content ,
- un gratified ,
- un-content ,
- un-gratified ,
- uncontent .
- Fretting ,
- dis affected ,
- dis satisfied ,
- dis-affected ,
- dis-satisfied ,
- fedup ,
- grumbling ,
- in satiable ,
- in-satiable ,
- more ennuied ,
- more fed up ,
- more fed-up ,
- more fedup ,
- more fretting ,
- more grudging ,
- more irked ,
- more put out ,
- more put-out ,
- more putout ,
- more sniveling ,
- more unappeased ,
- more unassuaged ,
- more unfulfilled ,
- more unsated ,
- most ennuied ,
- most fed up ,
- most fed-up ,
- most fedup ,
- most fretting ,
- most grudging ,
- most irked ,
- most put out ,
- most put-out ,
- most putout ,
- most sniveling ,
- most unappeased ,
- most unassuaged ,
- most unfulfilled ,
- most unsated ,
- not satisfied ,
- put-out ,
- putout ,
- un appeased ,
- un assuaged ,
- un fulfilled ,
- un sated ,
- un satisfied ,
- un-appeased ,
- un-assuaged ,
- un-fulfilled ,
- un-sated ,
- un-satisfied ,
- unfulfilled ,
- unsatisfied .
- broodier ,
- broodiest ,
- down dumps ,
- down mouth ,
- down the dumps ,
- down the mouth ,
- more chapfallen ,
- more dragged ,
- more mirthless ,
- more moping ,
- more mopish ,
- most chapfallen ,
- most dragged ,
- most mirthless ,
- most moping ,
- most mopish ,
- un happier ,
- un happiest ,
- un happy ,
- un-happy .
- fore boding ,
- fore-boding ,
- grisly ,
- in exorable ,
- in tractable ,
- in-exorable ,
- in-tractable ,
- more foreboding ,
- most foreboding ,
- re solute ,
- re-solute ,
- stern ,
- un relenting ,
- un yielding ,
- un-relenting ,
- un-yielding .
- dis respectful ,
- dis-respectful ,
- ill mannered ,
- illmannered ,
- in auspicious ,
- in-auspicious ,
- inauspicious ,
- more nocent ,
- more unpromising ,
- most nocent ,
- most unpromising ,
- un favorable ,
- un fortunate ,
- un healthier ,
- un healthiest ,
- un healthy ,
- un kind ,
- un kinder ,
- un kindest ,
- un luckier ,
- un luckiest ,
- un lucky ,
- un promising ,
- un propitious ,
- un wholesome ,
- un-favorable ,
- un-fortunate ,
- un-healthiest ,
- un-healthy ,
- un-kind ,
- un-kinder ,
- un-kindest ,
- un-luckier ,
- un-luckiest ,
- un-lucky ,
- un-promising ,
- un-propitious ,
- un-wholesome ,
- unpropitious .
- dis obliging ,
- dis-obliging ,
- hot tempered ,
- ill natured ,
- illnatured ,
- more tempersome ,
- most tempersome ,
- tempersome ,
- un pleasant ,
- un-pleasant .
- bad mannered ,
- badmannered ,
- dis gracious ,
- dis-gracious ,
- ill bred ,
- in decorous ,
- in delicate ,
- in solent ,
- in-decorous ,
- in-delicate ,
- in-solent ,
- more bad mannered ,
- more bad-mannered ,
- more badmannered ,
- more disgracious ,
- more ill bred ,
- more ill-bred ,
- more illbred ,
- most bad mannered ,
- most bad-mannered ,
- most badmannered ,
- most disgracious ,
- most ill bred ,
- most ill-bred ,
- most illbred ,
- un mannered ,
- un refined ,
- un-mannered ,
- un-refined .
- dis eased ,
- dis-eased ,
- more brooding ,
- more infected ,
- most brooding ,
- most infected ,
- un sound ,
- un sounder ,
- un usual ,
- un-natural ,
- un-sound ,
- un-sounder ,
- un-soundest ,
- un-usual .
- fault finding ,
- more growling ,
- more out of sorts ,
- more out-of-sorts ,
- more whining ,
- most growling ,
- most out of sorts ,
- most out-of-sorts ,
- most whining ,
- ogrer ,
- ogrest ,
- waspier ,
- waspiest .
- in-active ,
- laidback ,
- lumpish ,
- mooneyer ,
- mooneyest ,
- more sleepyheaded ,
- more sluggard ,
- most sleepyheaded ,
- most sluggard ,
- pokey ,
- sluggard ,
- un responsive ,
- un-responsive .
Other synonyms:
- Lowery .
- pessimistic ,
- rude .
Other relevant words:
- A ,
- Black-browed ,
- Darksome ,
- Desponding ,
- Disconsolation ,
- Doggish ,
- Dumpish ,
- Gloam ,
- Glout ,
- Grouty ,
- Grum ,
- Hard-headed ,
- Inofficious ,
- Insociable ,
- Knaggy ,
- MOPY ,
- Moodish ,
- Mopish ,
- Mumpish ,
- Pouting ,
- Snarling ,
- Sulks ,
- Tenebrose ,
- Torvous ,
- Uncandid ,
- Uncompanionable ,
- Uncourtly ,
- abase ,
- abrupt ,
- accented ,
- acerb ,
- acerbic ,
- acetous ,
- acid ,
- acidic ,
- acrimonious ,
- against the grain ,
- anchorite ,
- annoyed ,
- antisocial ,
- appall ,
- arduous ,
- at odds ,
- atrabilious ,
- autistic ,
- averse ,
- backbreaking ,
- bad-mannered ,
- bad-tempered ,
- balking ,
- balky ,
- barbarous ,
- bashful ,
- bashfulness ,
- be sullen ,
- bearish ,
- begin ,
- bellicose ,
- belligerent ,
- benighted ,
- bigoted ,
- bilious ,
- biting ,
- black ,
- blackness ,
- bleak ,
- bluff ,
- blunt ,
- brooding ,
- browned off ,
- brusque ,
- bulldog ,
- bulldogged ,
- bulletheaded ,
- bullheaded ,
- captious ,
- case-hardened ,
- caustic ,
- chap-fallen ,
- chapfallen ,
- cheerless ,
- cheesed off ,
- chill ,
- choleric ,
- chopfallen ,
- churlishly ,
- cimmerian ,
- clayey ,
- cloggy ,
- close ,
- closed ,
- clouded ,
- cloudy ,
- cold ,
- colored ,
- coloured ,
- combative ,
- commence ,
- contentious ,
- contumelious ,
- crabbed ,
- cranky ,
- crestfallen ,
- crook ,
- cross-grained ,
- crotchety ,
- crusty ,
- curmudgeonly ,
- cursory ,
- curt ,
- cutting ,
- dampen ,
- darkness ,
- debase ,
- debauch ,
- degrade ,
- demoralise ,
- demoralize ,
- dense ,
- deprave ,
- depress ,
- depressing ,
- depression ,
- desolate ,
- desolation ,
- differing ,
- difficult ,
- dimness ,
- dingy ,
- dire ,
- disagreeable ,
- disagreeing ,
- disappointed ,
- disconsolateness ,
- discontent ,
- discontented ,
- discourage ,
- discourteous ,
- disgruntled ,
- dishearten ,
- disinclined ,
- dismal ,
- disobedient ,
- disobliging ,
- dispirit ,
- dispiriting ,
- displeased ,
- dissatisfied ,
- distressed ,
- dogged ,
- dogmatic ,
- doleful ,
- dourly ,
- down ,
- downbeat ,
- downcast ,
- drear ,
- dreich ,
- dull ,
- dusk ,
- dyspeptic ,
- edgy ,
- embittered ,
- enceinte ,
- exasperated ,
- expectant ,
- false ,
- fanatic ,
- fanatical ,
- fed up ,
- feral ,
- ferocious ,
- fierce ,
- fleshy ,
- forbidding ,
- forced ,
- foreboding ,
- forlorn ,
- fractious ,
- froward ,
- frown ,
- funereal ,
- gaunt ,
- get ,
- give way ,
- gloom ,
- gloominess ,
- glower ,
- glumly ,
- glumness ,
- go down ,
- grave ,
- gravid ,
- gray ,
- grey ,
- grievous ,
- grueling ,
- gruelling ,
- gruff ,
- grumpily ,
- grumpiness ,
- hard ,
- hardheaded ,
- harsh ,
- headstrong ,
- heavy ,
- heavy-hearted ,
- hermit ,
- huffy ,
- ill ,
- ill at ease ,
- ill-affected ,
- ill-disposed ,
- ill-humored ,
- ill-humoured ,
- ill-mannered ,
- imp ,
- impatient ,
- impenetrable ,
- impolite ,
- in low spirits ,
- in the doldrums ,
- in the dumps ,
- incompatible ,
- indisposed ,
- indocile ,
- inert ,
- intolerant ,
- invidious ,
- involuntary ,
- irritability ,
- irritable ,
- irritated ,
- knave ,
- labored ,
- laborious ,
- leaden ,
- lonesome ,
- lour ,
- low ,
- lower ,
- lowering ,
- lugubrious ,
- lumbering ,
- malcontent ,
- malign ,
- menacing ,
- minacious ,
- minatory ,
- mirthless ,
- misdirect ,
- moodily ,
- mopey ,
- morbid ,
- morosely ,
- moroseness ,
- mulish ,
- murky ,
- mutinous ,
- nightfall ,
- nongregarious ,
- obscure ,
- obstreperous ,
- off ,
- off-key ,
- ominous ,
- opinionated ,
- opposed ,
- oppressive ,
- ornery ,
- out of humor ,
- out of spirits ,
- out of temper ,
- overcast ,
- overweight ,
- overzealous ,
- peeved ,
- peevish ,
- perfunctory ,
- persevering ,
- persistent ,
- pertinacious ,
- perverse ,
- pigheaded ,
- ponderous ,
- pout ,
- pouty ,
- profound ,
- pugnacious ,
- punishing ,
- put out ,
- quarrelsome ,
- quell ,
- querulous ,
- rancid ,
- rascal ,
- recalcitrant ,
- recluse ,
- reduce ,
- refractory ,
- resentful ,
- reserve ,
- reserved ,
- resistant ,
- restive ,
- rogue ,
- roily ,
- rough ,
- runty ,
- rusty ,
- sadden ,
- sarcastic ,
- saturnine ,
- savage ,
- scathing ,
- scowl ,
- scrappy ,
- secret ,
- self-contained ,
- self-sufficient ,
- self-willed ,
- set ,
- sharp ,
- shocking ,
- short ,
- short-tempered ,
- shyness ,
- silent ,
- slow ,
- sluggish ,
- smoggy ,
- snappish ,
- snug ,
- somber ,
- sombre ,
- sombreness ,
- sonorous ,
- sorrowful ,
- sorry ,
- sound ,
- sourly ,
- sourpussed ,
- splenetic ,
- stagnant ,
- start ,
- stiff-necked ,
- stinging ,
- strong ,
- strong-willed ,
- stroppy ,
- stubborn ,
- stuffy ,
- sulk ,
- sulkily ,
- sulkiness ,
- sulking ,
- sullenly ,
- sullenness ,
- sunless ,
- surlily ,
- taint ,
- temperamental ,
- tenacious ,
- tenebrific ,
- tenebrous ,
- testy ,
- tetchy ,
- thick ,
- threatening ,
- toilsome ,
- touchy ,
- trenchant ,
- truculent ,
- twilight ,
- ugly ,
- uncivil ,
- unclubbable ,
- uncommunicative ,
- uncongenial ,
- unconsenting ,
- ungracious ,
- unhappy ,
- unhelpful ,
- unkind ,
- unmoved ,
- unpleasant ,
- unregenerate ,
- unsocial ,
- unwilling ,
- unyielding ,
- uptight ,
- vexatious ,
- vexed ,
- vinegary ,
- violent ,
- warlike ,
- waspish ,
- wayward ,
- weary ,
- weighed down ,
- weighty ,
- willful ,
- woebegone ,
- wrongheaded .
- Chuffy ,
- Clodhopping ,
- Disgracious ,
- Drearisome ,
- Malcontented ,
- Mooney ,
- Nubilous ,
- Unassuaged ,
- bitter ,
- broody ,
- churlish ,
- cloddish ,
- cross ,
- dark ,
- dour ,
- down in dumps ,
- down in mouth ,
- down in the dumps ,
- draggy ,
- ennuied ,
- fatalistic ,
- fed-up ,
- grim ,
- grousing ,
- grumpy ,
- having blue devils ,
- having the blahs ,
- hottempered ,
- huffish ,
- ill-bred ,
- illbred ,
- in a bad mood ,
- in a huff ,
- in bad mood ,
- in blue funk ,
- in doldrums ,
- inhumane ,
- kvetching ,
- laid back ,
- lowbred ,
- moody ,
- nasty-tempered ,
- nocent ,
- non-transparent ,
- nontranslucent ,
- not clear ,
- out-of-sorts ,
- perversive ,
- pettish ,
- petulant ,
- roiled ,
- singing the blues ,
- sleepyheaded ,
- surly ,
- unappeased ,
- ungratified ,
- unneighborly ,
- unpromising ,
- unsated ,
- vituperous ,
- waspy ,
- with chip on shoulder .
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How to use "Sullen" in context?
Sullen is a word that connotes a sense of resentment, disagreement, or anger. A sullen child may be withdrawn or act out in conflict, while a sullen atmosphere can foster a feeling of gloominess or a sense of estrangement. The word also has a kind of physical feeling, as if one's muscles are weak. It may be a construction of the English word sullen, meaning "silly" or "dowdy.
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