sullenness

sul·len  (sln)

adj. sul·len·er, sul·len·est

1. Showing a brooding ill humor or silent resentment; morose or sulky.

2. Gloomy or somber in tone, color, or portent: sullen, gray skies.

3. Sluggish; slow: the sullen current of a canal.

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[Middle English solein, from Anglo-Norman solein, alone, from sol, single, from Latin slus, by oneself alone; see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots.]

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sullen·ly adv.

sullen·ness n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sullenness - a gloomy ill-tempered feeling moroseness, glumness moodiness - a sullen gloomy feeling
	2.	sullenness - a sullen moody resentful disposition moroseness, sourness, sulkiness ill nature - a disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent disposition

Translations

sullenness [ˈsʌlənnɪs] N → hosquedad f

sullenness

n

(of person) → Missmutigkeit f, → Verdrießlichkeit f

(liter, of landscape, sky) → Düsterkeit f

sullenness [ˈsʌlənnɪs] n (see adj) → musoneria, scontrosità, arroganza

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sullenness [ˈsʌlənnɪs] n (see adj) → musoneria, scontrosità, arroganza