sullen
adjective
[ ˈsʌlən ]
• bad-tempered and sulky.
• "a sullen pout"
Similar:
surly,
sulky,
pouting,
sour,
morose,
resentful,
glum,
moody,
gloomy,
joyless,
frowning,
glowering,
grumpy,
touchy,
peevish,
indignant,
embittered,
bad-tempered,
ill-tempered,
cross,
angry,
testy,
unresponsive,
uncommunicative,
unsociable,
uncivil,
unmannerly,
unfriendly,
stroppy,
sullen
noun
• a sulky or depressed mood.
Origin:
Middle English (in the senses ‘solitary, averse to company’, and ‘unusual’): from Anglo-Norman French sulein, from sol ‘sole’.
