Thesaurus / sullen
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My students were sullen, off-task, unfocused, and wouldn’t talk to each other or to me.
SCHOOL DISTRICTS MUST INVEST IN STUDENT AND TEACHER WELL-BEINGLOUISE WILLIAMSONDECEMBER 16, 2021VOICE OF SAN DIEGOThursday was supposed to be the day we shelved all the sullen, sad reminders of the difficulties and tragedies of the past year, if only for three hours.
OPENING DAY WAS SUPPOSED TO BRING BACK HOPE. INSTEAD, THE VIRUS WON — AGAIN.BARRY SVRLUGAAPRIL 2, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThere was the Michelin-starred restaurant where the somewhat sullen chef ruled dinner service by fear and intimidation.
THE TOXICITY OF RESTAURANT KITCHENS IS EXACTLY WHY I NEVER REPORTED ABUSESLINDSEY DANISFEBRUARY 4, 2021EATERThey waved you into the sullen parking garage on — sigh — your word alone.
NICK SABAN, THE ULTIMATE CONTROL FREAK, LEARNED HOW TO HANDLE DISRUPTION THIS SEASONCHUCK CULPEPPERJANUARY 1, 2021WASHINGTON POSTHard and sullen, she barely bothers to conceal her misanthropy from the tourists who come into her shop, and maintains a near-reclusive distance from residents of the town.
WINSLET, RONAN HAVE SEASIDE RENDEZVOUS IN ‘AMMONITE’JOHN PAUL KINGDECEMBER 11, 2020WASHINGTON BLADEThey threw down their weapons with sullen obedience and the first great step towards the re-conquest of India was taken.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACYThe boy, a trifle sullen since the last words, stood on the hearth with his back to the fire, his hands clasped behind him.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINIBut for the trees, these sullen skies and level grounds would render England dreary enough.
GLANCES AT EUROPEHORACE GREELEYBut it was with sullen reluctance; and mutterings were to be heard, on all sides, that the time would come yet.
RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSONThey made an odd procession as they marched out of the hall, under the sullen eyes of the baulked cut-throats and their mistress.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINIWORDS RELATED TO SULLEN
- black
- bleak
- blue
- blue funk
- broody
- chapfallen
- cheerless
- crabbed
- crestfallen
- dark
- dejected
- depressed
- desolate
- despondent
- disconsolate
- dismal
- dispirited
- dour
- down in the dumps
- down in the mouth
- downcast
- downhearted
- dragged
- dreary
- forlorn
- glum
- in low spirits
- in the dumps
- joyless
- low
- melancholy
- mirthless
- miserable
- moody
- moping
- mopish
- morose
- mournful
- oppressed
- pessimistic
- sad
- saturnine
- solemn
- somber
- sulky
- sullen
- surly
- ugly
- unhappy
- weary
- woebegone
- woeful
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