sullen

Other forms of sullen

comparative

sullenner·

superlative

sullennest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about sullen

What does sullen mean?

sullen means "showing a brooding ill humor". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sullen?

sullen has 2 syllables: sul-len. The stress falls on "sul". In IPA it is /ˈsʌlən/.

What is another word for sullen?

Close synonyms include dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sullen a common word?

sullen is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.