Word Meanings - SULLEN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

French fr. LL. solanus solitary, fr. L. solus alone. See 1. Lonely; solitary; desolate. Wyclif . 2. Gloomy; dismal; foreboding. Milton. Solemn hymns so sullen dirges change. Shak. 3. Mischievous; malignant; unpropitious. Such sullen planets

Additional info about word: SULLEN

French fr. LL. solanus solitary, fr. L. solus alone. See 1. Lonely; solitary; desolate. Wyclif . 2. Gloomy; dismal; foreboding. Milton. Solemn hymns so sullen dirges change. Shak. 3. Mischievous; malignant; unpropitious. Such sullen planets at my birth did shine. Dryden. 4. Gloomily angry and silent; cross; sour; affected with ill humor; morose. And sullen I forsook the imperfect feast. Prior. 5. Obstinate; intractable. Things are as sullen as we are. Tillotson. 6. Heavy; dull; sluggish. "The larger stream was placid, and even sullen, in its course." Sir W. Scott. Syn. -- Sulky; sour; cross; ill-natured; morose; peevish; fretful; ill- humored; petulant; gloomy; malign; intractable. -- Sullen, Sulky. Both sullen and sulky show themselves in the demeanor. Sullenness seems to be an habitual sulkiness, and sulkiness a temporary sullenness. The former may be an innate disposition; the latter, a disposition occasioned by recent injury. Thus we are in a sullen mood, and in a sulky fit. No cheerful breeze this sullen region knows; The dreaded east is all the wind that blows. Pope. -- Sul"len*ly, adv. -- Sul"len*ness, n.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of SULLEN)

• Angry
• Wrathful
• irate
• resentful
• ireful
• incensed
• furious
• irascible
• choleric
• moody
• nettled
• touchy
• sullen
• piqued
• excited
• provoked
• raging
• chafed
• hasty
• hot
• exasperated
• indignant
• passionate
• Dogged
• Obstinate
• morose
• impracticable
• prejudiced
• Grim
• Fierce
• ferocious
• terrible
• hideous
• ugly
• ghastly
• stern
• Moody
• Sullen
• humorsome
• gloomy
• Morose
• austere
• crabbed
• surly
• crusty

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• PREJUDICATIVE
  Forming a judgment without due examination; prejudging. Dr. H. More.
• STERNFOREMOST
  With the stern, instead of the bow, in advance; hence, figuratively, in an awkward, blundering manner. A fatal genius for going sternforemost. Lowell.
• NETTLER
  One who nettles. Milton.
• CRABBER
  One who catches crabs.
• RAGE
  1. Violent excitement; eager passion; extreme vehemence of desire, emotion, or suffering, mastering the will. "In great rage of pain." Bacon. He appeased the rage of hunger with some scraps of broken meat. Macaulay. Convulsed with a rage of grief.
• STERNUTATORY
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• EXCITO-MOTION
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• INCENSIVE
  Tending to excite or provoke; inflammatory. Barrow.
• RAGLAN
  A loose overcoat with large sleeves; -- named from Lord Raglan, an English general.
• STERNOHYOID
  Of or pertaining to the sternum and the hyoid bone or cartilage.
• STERNAL
  Of or pertaining to the sternum; in the region of the sternum. Sternal ribs. See the Note under Rib, n., 1.
• EXCITABLE
  Capable of being excited, or roused into action; susceptible of excitement; easily stirred up, or stimulated.
• CHAFFERY
  Traffic; bargaining. Spenser.
• GHASTLY
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• GLOOMY
  1. Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded; as, the cavern was gloomy. "Though hid in gloomiest shade." Milton. 2. Affected with, or expressing, gloom; melancholy; dejected; as, a gloomy temper
• EXCITING
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• RAGAMUFFIN
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• STERNSMAN
  A steersman.
• TETRAGYNIA
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• PHRAGMOCONE
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• MOORAGE
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• OUTRAGEOUS
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• COMPASSIONATELY
  In a compassionate manner; mercifully. Clarendon.
• CORAL-RAG
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• VORAGINOUS
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  Dejection; depression. Wiseman.
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  To encourage.
• ALTARAGE
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• PARAGRAPH
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