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  • 91sulky — 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3 Superthesaurus) a. sullen, gloomy, down in the mouth, moping, pouting, self pitying, glum, morose, moody, depressed, withdrawn, resentful,… …

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  • 92glum — [[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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  • 93grouch — /graʊtʃ / (say growch) Colloquial –verb (i) 1. to be sulky or morose; show discontent; complain. –noun 2. a sulky or morose person. 3. a sulky or morose mood. {variant of obsolete grutch, from Old French groucher grumble} …

  • 94glowering — 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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  • 95mo|rose´ness — mo|rose «muh ROHS», adjective. 1. gloomy; sullen; ill humored: »a morose person, a morose scowl. SYNONYM(S): moody, surly, gruff. 2. harsh: »morose doctrines. ╂[< Latin mōrōsus ( …

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  • 96mo|rose´ly — mo|rose «muh ROHS», adjective. 1. gloomy; sullen; ill humored: »a morose person, a morose scowl. SYNONYM(S): moody, surly, gruff. 2. harsh: »morose doctrines. ╂[< Latin mōrōsus ( …

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  • 97mo|rose — «muh ROHS», adjective. 1. gloomy; sullen; ill humored: »a morose person, a morose scowl. SYNONYM(S): moody, surly, gruff. 2. harsh: »morose doctrines. ╂[< Latin mōrōsus ( …

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  • 98Sullen — Sul len, a. [OE. solein, solain, lonely, sullen; through Old French fr. (assumed) LL. solanus solitary, fr. L. solus alone. See {Sole}, a.] 1. Lonely; solitary; desolate. [Obs.] Wyclif (Job iii. 14). [1913 Webster] 2. Gloomy; dismal; foreboding.… …

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  • 99Sullenly — Sullen Sul len, a. [OE. solein, solain, lonely, sullen; through Old French fr. (assumed) LL. solanus solitary, fr. L. solus alone. See {Sole}, a.] 1. Lonely; solitary; desolate. [Obs.] Wyclif (Job iii. 14). [1913 Webster] 2. Gloomy; dismal;… …

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  • 100Sullenness — Sullen Sul len, a. [OE. solein, solain, lonely, sullen; through Old French fr. (assumed) LL. solanus solitary, fr. L. solus alone. See {Sole}, a.] 1. Lonely; solitary; desolate. [Obs.] Wyclif (Job iii. 14). [1913 Webster] 2. Gloomy; dismal;… …

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