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sullen |
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")
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