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sullen
Overview of adj sullen
The adj sullen has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (9) dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen -- (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. (1) heavy, lowering, sullen, threatening -- (darkened by clouds; "a heavy sky")
Grep of noun sullen
sullenness
Antonyms of adj sullen
2 senses of sullen
Sense 1
dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen
INDIRECT (VIA ill-natured) -> good-natured
Sense 2
heavy, lowering, sullen, threatening
INDIRECT (VIA cloudy) -> clear
Similarity of adj sullen
2 senses of sullen
Sense 1
dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen
=> ill-natured (vs. good-natured)
Sense 2
heavy, lowering, sullen, threatening
=> cloudy (vs. clear)
Pertainyms of adj sullen
Attributes of adj sullen
Domain of adj sullen
Domain Terms of adj sullen
Familiarity of adj sullen
sullen used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count =2)
Grep of adj sullen
sullen
Grep of adv sullen
sullenly
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