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What is the adjective for sullens?

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sullen
  1. Having a brooding ill temper; sulky.
  2. Gloomy; dismal; foreboding.
  3. Sluggish; slow.
  4. (obsolete) Lonely; solitary; desolate.
  5. (obsolete) Mischievous; malignant; unpropitious.
  6. (obsolete) Obstinate; intractable.
  7. Synonyms:
      8. surly, morose, sulky, pouting, sour, cross, glum, grumpy, moody, indignant, irritable, peevish, touchy, crabby, gloomy, glowering, mopey, pouty, resentful, unsociable, angry, brooding, churlish, dour, frowning, sourpussed, testy, uncivil, uncommunicative, unresponsive, crabbed, embittered, joyless, stroppy, sulking, unfriendly, unmannerly, uptight, gruff, petulant, querulous, ill-humoured, ill-humored, ill-tempered, bad-tempered, out of humour, out of sorts, cantankerous, grouchy, irascible … more
  8. Examples:
      9. “After she declined a proposal to have dinner with him, he returned to his more sullen and sulky ways.”
      “He tried his best to cheer the sullen mood of the room with his song.”
sullener
  1. comparative form of sullen: more sullen
  2. Synonyms:
      3. surlier, moroser, sulkier, sourer, crosser, glummer, grumpier, moodier, touchier, crabbier, gloomier, mopier, poutier, angrier, dourer, testier, stroppier, unfriendlier, uptighter, gruffer, worse-tempered, more indignant, more irritable, more peevish, more resentful, more unsociable, more brooding, more churlish, more uncivil, more uncommunicative, more unresponsive, more crabbed, more joyless, more unmannerly, more petulant, more querulous, more ill-humored, more ill-tempered, more out of sorts, bleaker, miserabler, darker, drearier, duller, grimmer, sombrer, somberer, forlorner … more
sullenest
  1. superlative form of sullen: most sullen
  2. Synonyms:
      3. surliest, morosest, sulkiest, sourest, crossest, glummest, grumpiest, moodiest, touchiest, crabbiest, gloomiest, mopiest, poutiest, angriest, dourest, testiest, stroppiest, unfriendliest, uptightest, gruffest, worst-tempered, most indignant, most irritable, most peevish, most resentful, most unsociable, most brooding, most churlish, most uncivil, most uncommunicative, most unresponsive, most crabbed, most joyless, most unmannerly, most petulant, most querulous, most ill-humored, most ill-tempered, most out of sorts, bleakest, miserablest, darkest, dreariest, dullest, grimmest, sombrest, somberest, forlornest … more
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