sullenness

Etymology

From sullen + -ness.

noun

  1. (uncountable) The state or quality of being sullen.
    ’Twas sunset: when the sun will part There comes a sullenness of heart To him who still would look upon The glory of the summer sun. 1829, Edgar Allan Poe, “Tamerlane”, in Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems
  2. (countable, rare) The result or product of being sullen.

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