Synonyms of sullenness

sullenness

noun

as in pouts

a state of resentful silence or irritability

her mother-in-law managed to dispel her sullenness with a gals-only shopping spree

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pouts
• irritability
• sulkiness
• dumps
• blues
• sulk
• pet
• snit
• sensitivity
• irritableness
• fretfulness
• crossness
• surliness
• grouch
• petulance
• peevishness
• irascibility
• grouchiness
• disagreeableness
• grumpiness
• perversity
• testiness
• crankiness
• perverseness
• orneriness
• hump
• cantankerousness
• mopes
• querulousness
• biliousness
• dyspepsia
• choler
• fantods
• waspishness
• pettishness
• fussiness
• huffiness
• oversensitiveness
• irascibleness
• crotchetiness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cheerfulness
• gaiety
• lightheartedness
• friendliness
• perkiness
• cordiality
• sociability
• affability
• geniality
• pleasantness
• graciousness
• agreeableness
• sociality
• amicability
• amiability
• high-spiritedness
• gladsomeness
• amenity
• amiableness
• good-naturedness
• good-humoredness
• good-temperedness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sullenness

His performance lives in his eyes, which manage to convey a sincere naïveté and a sullenness all at once. — Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026

As Mozart, Sam Clemmett is wonderful, carefully navigating the silliness and sullenness of a character who’s been drawn as part boy, part man. — Chris Willman, Variety, 27 Feb. 2026