noun
Meaning 1
The state or quality of being sullen.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: surliness
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sullenness
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noun
Meaning 2
The result or product of being sullen.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, rare
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a sullen moody resentful disposition
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sulkiness, moroseness, sourness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ill nature
noun
Meaning 4
a gloomy ill-tempered feeling
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: moroseness, glumness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: moodiness
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English sullen Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English sullenness From sullen + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: jurous — state or quality of being sullen
- Finnish: nyreys — state or quality of being sullen
- Finnish: ynseys — state or quality of being sullen
- Finnish: yrmeys — state or quality of being sullen
- German: Verdrossenheit — state or quality of being sullen
- German: Verdruss — state or quality of being sullen
- German: Überdruss — state or quality of being sullen
- Ancient Greek: σκυθρωπότης (skuthrōpótēs) — state or quality of being sullen
- Ancient Greek: βαρυθυμία (baruthumía) — state or quality of being sullen
- Māori: mūmū — state or quality of being sullen
- Miami: aahkwiteeheeyoni — state or quality of being sullen
- Romanian: ursuzenie — state or quality of being sullen
- Spanish: hosquedad — state or quality of being sullen
- Spanish: murria — state or quality of being sullen
- Spanish: hastío — state or quality of being sullen