Sullen

  • 71grim — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. fearful, stern, fierce, forbidding; inflexible; ruthless; grisly, horrible. See resolution, ugliness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Sullen] Syn. crabbed, sour, repellent, crusty, gloomy, intractable,… …

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  • 72sulk — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. be sullen, pout, mope; grumble, gripe, grouch. See irascibility, rejection. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. scowl, pout, frown, be sullen, be morose, be silent, glower, lower, gripe*, grouse*. III (Roget s …

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  • 73dark — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Lacking brightness] Syn. unlighted, unlit, dim, dusky, murky, gloomy, shadowy, somber, cloudy, foggy, sunless, lightless, indistinct, dull, faint, vague, misty, darkish, deep, drab, dingy, obscure, nebulous, shady,… …

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  • 74sulky — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. cross, morose, surly, petulant; see irritable , sullen . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. sullen, gloomy, down in the mouth, moping, pouting, self pitying, glum, morose, moody, depressed, withdrawn, resentful,… …

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  • 75glum — [[t]glʌm[/t]] adj. glum•mer, glum•mest sullenly or silently gloomy; dejected • Etymology: 1425–75; late ME; var. of gloom glum′ly, adv. glum′ness, n. syn: glum, morose, sullen describe a gloomy, unsociable attitude. glum suggests a depressed,… …

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  • 76aig-1, nasal. ing- —     aig 1, nasal. ing     English meaning: disspirited, sick, ill     Deutsche Übersetzung: “verstimmt, unwirsch, krank”     Material: Alb. kë ék “nasty, bad, evil” (from kë + *aigi̯o );     Note: Alb. solidified the old laryngeal ḫ > k… …

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  • 77merk-2, mork- —     merk 2, mork     English meaning: sullen     Deutsche Übersetzung: “verdrießlich”     Material: Corn. moreth “Ärger, distress “, Bret. morc”het ‘souci, malheur”; Pol. markotь “ growl, growl”, markotny “ querulous, sullen” (out of it Lith.… …

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  • 78glowering — adjective showing a brooding ill humor (Freq. 1) a dark scowl the proverbially dour New England Puritan a glum, hopeless shrug he sat in moody silence a morose and unsociable manner a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius Bruce Bliven …

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  • 79moroseness — noun 1. a gloomy ill tempered feeling • Syn: ↑glumness, ↑sullenness • Derivationally related forms: ↑sullen (for: ↑sullenness), ↑glum (for: ↑ …

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  • 80sulkiness — noun 1. a feeling of sulky resentment • Syn: ↑huffishness • Derivationally related forms: ↑huffish (for: ↑huffishness), ↑sulky • Hypernyms: ↑resen …

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