Noun: sullenness sú-lun-nus
- A gloomy ill-tempered feeling
"The child's sullenness persisted throughout the day";
- moroseness, glumness
- A sullen moody resentful disposition
"Her sullenness made it difficult for others to approach her";
- sulkiness, moroseness, sourness
Type of: ill nature, moodiness
Encyclopedia: Sullenness