SULLENLY Synonyms: 90 Similar and Opposite Words

sullenly

adverb

Definition of sullenly

as in glumly

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Recent Examples of sullenly The sis, played by Vicki Lawrence, contributes nothing to the laughs, she is forced to play her role either sullenly or brattishly. — Hank Grant, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026 The mother laughed, which made the girl slouched sullenly on her Icelandic glance back, and her mother brushed a hand over her face. — Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2026 Take, for example, Keanu Reeves, who was memeified after a photo of the actor sullenly eating a sandwich went viral. — Ben Pettis, The Conversation, 3 Apr. 2026 Like a fisherman left empty-handed after a heavy pull at her line, the woman sullenly took Sam’s picture. — Nora Deligter, Curbed, 6 Mar. 2026 Instead, Republican staffers sullenly reported to messaging meetings to talk about immigration. — Michael Scherer, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2026

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If exceeding delivery targets fails to spark a rally, meeting or slightly beating bottom-line earnings will likely be greeted glumly by Wall Street.

— Michael Khouw, CNBC, 20 July 2026
Three of the four arrived soberly dressed, one of them, Hodgkin, in a black suit, folded his arms and stared glumly ahead.

— Robin Muir, Vogue, 12 June 2026

Definition of glumly

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The shattered standing forlornly by the podium at the end of a draining tournament, hearts broken, bodies exhausted, having to watch as the opposition receive the reward that England were agonisingly close to.

— Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 19 July 2026
Adaptations of the Odyssey are always fleshy affairs, with half-naked men lying happily or forlornly on beaches.

— David Denby, New Yorker, 21 June 2026

Definition of forlornly

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Museums abhor windows, so the building has all the approachability of a medieval keep, as gloomily defensive as the park is welcoming.

— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 4 June 2026
In Time Regained, the concluding volume of Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time, an older version of the narrator gloomily decides to attend a gathering at the Guermantes’ mansion.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 2026

Definition of gloomily

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Made in Korea, Disney+‘s darkly thrilling K-drama spy series, came to a simmering conclusion on Wednesday as stars Hyun Bin and Jung Woo-sung faced off for one final game of cat and mouse.

— Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2026
In recent years, Porodina has brought her darkly romantic lens to campaigns for the likes of Dior, Hermès, Skims and Giorgio Armani, and editorials for Vogue, Pop and GQ, among others.

— Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026

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