Sullenness
Nouns
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sullenness etc. adj.
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morosity, spleen
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churlishness etc. (discourtesy) Discourtesy
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irascibility etc. Irascibility. moodiness etc. adj.
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perversity
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obstinacy etc. Obstinacy
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torvity, spinosity
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crabbedness etc. adj.. ill temper, bad temper, ill humor, bad humor
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sulks, dudgeon, mumps, dumps, doldrums, fit of the sulks, black looks, scowl
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grouch
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huff etc. (resentment) Resentment.
Verbs
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be sullen etc. adj.
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sulk
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frown, scowl, lower, glower, gloam, pout, have a hangdog look, glout.
Adjectives
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sullen, sulky
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ill-tempered, ill-humored, ill-affected, ill-disposed
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grouty [U.S.]
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in an ill temper, in a bad temper, in a shocking temper, in an ill humor, in a bad humor, in a shocking humor
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out of temper, out of humor
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knaggy, torvous, crusty, crabbed
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sour, sour as a crab
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surly etc. (discourteous) Discourtesy. moody
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spleenish, spleenly
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splenetic, cankered. cross, crossgrained
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perverse, wayward, humorsome
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restiff, restive
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cantankerous, intractable, exceptious, sinistrous, deaf to reason, unaccommodating, rusty, froward
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cussed [U.S.]. dogged etc. (stubborn) Obstinacy. grumpy, glum, grim, grum, morose, frumpish
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in the sulks etc. n.
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out of sorts
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scowling, glowering, growling
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grouchy. peevish etc. (irascible) Irascibility.