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Definition of Sullenness
1. Noun. A gloomy ill-tempered feeling.
Generic synonyms: Moodiness
Derivative terms: Glum, Glum, Morose, Sullen
2. Noun. A sullen moody resentful disposition.
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
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sullenness
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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