Synonyms of sullen

Adjective


1. dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen, ill-natured (vs. good-natured)

usage: showing a brooding ill humor; "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"

2. heavy, lowering, sullen, threatening, cloudy (vs. clear)

usage: darkened by clouds; "a heavy sky"

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Definition and meaning of sullen (Dictionary)