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All sullenness synonyms

sul·len
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noun sullenness

  • irascibleness — The state of being irascible; irascibility.
  • cheerlessness — The state or characteristic of being cheerless.
  • glumness — sullenly or silently gloomy; dejected.
  • crabbiness — the state of being crabby
  • asperity — If you say something with asperity, you say it impatiently and severely.
  • disagreeableness — (uncountable) The state or quality of being disagreeable.
  • muteness — silent; refraining from speech or utterance.
  • irascibility — easily provoked to anger; very irritable: an irascible old man.
  • crossness — the quality or state of being cross or angry; irritability; snappishness.
  • churlishness — The state of being churlish.
  • inarticulateness — lacking the ability to express oneself, especially in clear and effective speech: an inarticulate public speaker.
  • laconism — laconic brevity.
  • hotheadedness — The state or characteristic of being hotheaded; the tendency to be easily infuriated or provoked.
  • moodiness — given to gloomy, depressed, or sullen moods; ill-humored.
  • noiselessness — accompanied by or making little or no noise; silent; quiet: a noiseless step; a noiseless typewriter.
  • cantankerousness — disagreeable to deal with; contentious; peevish: a cantankerous, argumentative man.
  • ill humor — a disagreeable or surly mood.
  • iron curtain — (sometimes initial capital letters) a barrier to understanding and the exchange of information and ideas created by ideological, political, and military hostility of one country toward another, especially such a barrier between the Soviet Union and its allies and other countries.
  • fretfulness — The quality of being fretful.
  • wordlessness — speechless, silent, or mute.
  • quietness — making no noise or sound, especially no disturbing sound: quiet neighbors.
  • grouchiness — The characteristic or quality of being grouchy.
  • huffiness — The property of being huffy.
  • dead air — the loss or suspension of the video or audio signal during a television or radio transmission.
  • excitability — (uncountable) The state of being excitable.
  • moroseness — gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.
  • gloominess — dark or dim; deeply shaded: gloomy skies.
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