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1. sullenness

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Usually means: Displaying gloom through silent withdrawal.
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  1. sullenness: Merriam-Webster
  2. sullenness: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. sullenness: Collins English Dictionary
  4. sullenness: Vocabulary.com
  5. Sullenness, sullenness: Wordnik
  6. sullenness: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. sullenness: Wiktionary
  8. sullenness: Dictionary.com
  9. sullenness: Rhymezone
  10. sullenness: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  11. sullenness: FreeDictionary.org
  12. sullenness: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. sullenness: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. sullenness: Legal dictionary

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  1. sullenness: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (sullenness)

▸ noun:  (uncountable) The state or quality of being sullen.
▸ noun:  (countable, rare) The result or product of being sullen.

Similar:
sulkiness, glumness, moroseness, sourness, somberness, sadness, surliness, slyness, solemnness, sorrowfulness, more...

Opposite:
cheerfulness, cheeriness, gaiety, joviality

Types:
melancholy, gloom, dismay, sorrow, woe, grief, more...

Adjectives:
dogged, certain, gloomy, silent, moody, natural, old, stubborn, much, apparent, usual

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Similar:
sulkiness, glumness, moroseness, sourness, somberness, sadness, surliness, slyness, solemnness, sorrowfulness, more...

Opposite:
cheerfulness, cheeriness, gaiety, joviality

Types:
melancholy, gloom, dismay, sorrow, woe, grief, more...

Adjectives:
dogged, certain, gloomy, silent, moody, natural, old, stubborn, much, apparent, usual



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