Definition of Sullenness

1. Noun. A gloomy ill-tempered feeling.

Exact synonyms: Glumness, Moroseness
Generic synonyms: Moodiness
Derivative terms: Glum, Glum, Morose, Sullen

2. Noun. A sullen moody resentful disposition.
Exact synonyms: Moroseness, Sourness, Sulkiness
Generic synonyms: Ill Nature
Derivative terms: Morose, Sour, Sulky, Sullen

Definition of Sullenness

1. Noun. The state or quality of being sullen. ¹

2. Noun. (countable rare) The result or product of being sullen. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sullenness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sullenness

sulkiest
sulkily
sulkiness
sulkinesses
sulking
sulks
sulky
sull
sullage
sullages
sulled
sullen
sullener
sullenest
sullenly
sullenness (current term)
sullennesses
sulliable
sulliage
sullied
sullies
sulling
sullow
sullows
sulls
sully
sullying
sulph-
sulpha
sulpha-

Literary usage of Sullenness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. New Zealand: Being a Narrative of Travels and Adventures During a Residence by Joel Samuel Polack (1838)
"... of ceremony—Surnames—Confidence and secrecy—Notions of theft illustrated —Native generosity—Cunning and importunity—sullenness —Obstinacy—Feelings of ..."

2. English Synonymes Explained, in Alphabetical Order by George Crabb (1816)
"sullenness and MOROSENESS are both the inherent properties of the temper; ... sullenness shows itself mostly ..."

3. The Mount of Olives: And Other Lectures on Prayer by James Hamilton (1847)
"There are three things which often hinder confession—callousness, sullenness, and remorse. In the anguish of newly-committed sin, or in the despair of a ..."

4. The Philosophy of History by Augustus Schade, Rudolf Rocholl (1899)
"... slothfulness, and sullenness, into which it allows itself to be immured again and again. CH. VIII. COSMOPOLITAN WORLD-THEORIES - EUROPEAN SYSTEM OF ..."

5. The History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V.: With a View of the by William Robertson (1809)
"... former melancholy and sullenness, and could ' never be brought, by any arguments or ... sullenness ..."

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