Synonyms for sullen

Synonyms for (adj) sullen

Synonyms: lowering, heavy, sullen, threatening

Definition: darkened by clouds

Usage: a heavy sky

Similar words: cloudy

Definition: full of or covered with clouds

Usage: cloudy skies


Synonyms: dark, dour, glowering, glum, saturnine, sour, sullen, moody, morose

Definition: showing a brooding ill humor

Usage: 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

Similar words: ill-natured

Definition: having an irritable and unpleasant disposition


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