What is another word for sullen?
Pronunciation:
[ sˈʌlən], [ sˈʌlən], [ s_ˈʌ_l_ə_n]
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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