Word

sullen, adj.
freq. cnt. 10

showing a brooding ill humor
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

dark dour glowering glum moody morose saturnine sour sullen

sample sentences

"a dark scowl"
"the proverbially dour New England Puritan"
"a glum, hopeless shrug"
"he sat in moody silence"
"a morose and unsociable manner"
"a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven
"a sour temper"
"a sullen crowd"

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sullenness

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moroseness moroseness

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glumness

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moodiness