Grep of noun sullen
sullenness
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")
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)
Attributes of adj sullen
Familiarity of adj sullen
sullen used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2)
Grep of adj sullen
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")
sullen definition
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