Definition for Sullenness:

• a sullen moody resentful disposition

Synonyms for Sullenness:

• n.

  •asperity (noun)
  • disagreeableness,
  • crossness,
  • sourness,
  • crabbiness,
  • tartness,
  • Churlishness,
  • moroseness.
  •dejection (noun)
  • disheartenment,
  • glumness,
  • dolorousness,
  • anguish,
  • ennui,
  • despair,
  • contemplativeness,
  • sadness,
  • downheartedness,
  • wistfulness,
  • grimness,
  • misery,
  • dispiritedness,
  • joylessness,
  • despondency,
  • melancholy,
  • pensiveness,
  • woefulness,
  • depression,
  • dejection,
  • plaintiveness,
  • blues,
  • discouragement,
  • dreariness,
  • anxiety,
  • mournfulness.
  •resentment (noun)
  • indignation,
  • spite,
  • hard feelings,
  • discontent,
  • wrath,
  • resentment,
  • irritation,
  • umbrage,
  • rancor,
  • infuriation,
  • bitterness,
  • pique,
  • offense,
  • soreness,
  • bile,
  • acerbity,
  • envy,
  • antagonism,
  • dissatisfaction,
  • vexation.
  •silence (noun)
  • muteness,
  • Inarticulateness,
  • dead air,
  • laconism,
  • iron curtain,
  • speechlessness,
  • noiselessness,
  • quietness,
  • saturninity.
  •sourness (noun)
  • sulkiness.
  •speechlessness (noun)
  • wordlessnesses.
  •sulkiness (noun)
  • acrimony,
  • anger.
  •sullenness (noun)
  • hostility,
  • long-facedness,
  • malevolence,
  • grumpiness,
  • darkness,
  • dourness,
  • cynicism,
  • meanness,
  • obstinacy,
  • unfriendliness,
  • contrariness,
  • petulance.
  •temper (noun)
  • excitabilities,
  • illhumor,
  • fretfulnesses,
  • ill-humors,
  • out-burst,
  • grouchinesses,
  • cantankerousnesses,
  • out-bursts,
  • huffinesses,
  • hotheadednesses,
  • out burst,
  • surlinesses,
  • bad humors,
  • touchinesses,
  • ill humors,
  • slow burns,
  • illhumors,
  • out bursts.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • annoyance.

Antonyms for Sullenness:

• n.

  • Other antonyms:
    good-humoredness, perkiness, amenity, geniality, graciousness, pleasantness, amiableness, agreeableness, affability, friendliness, high-spiritedness, lightheartedness, good-temperedness, cordiality, sociability, amiability, cheerfulness, sociality, gladsomeness, gaiety, amicability.

Sullenness Sentence Examples:

• In addition to this temper, which was common to him, his spirit, at this time, labored under a heavy feeling of despondency, and its gloomy sullenness was perhaps something lighter to himself while Dillon remained with him.

• A frown of sullenness or discontent is but one degree less hateful.