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sulky, adj. sullen. See - sullen (defs. 1-3).
sullen, adj. 1. cross, angry, peeved, miffed, in a bad or ugly mood, out of humor, Inf. sore, Inf. mad, SI. hot, SI. ticked-off, SI. teed off; scowling, frowning, glowering, beetle-browed, black-browed.
2. sulky, morose, mumpish, glum; resentful, bitter, embittered, rankled; acrimonious, acerb, acerbic, choleric, splenetic, dyspeptic, bilious; ill-tempered, bad-tempered, ill-natured, temperamental; irritable, irascible, petulant, peevish, cranky, touch, tetchy; surly, churlish, crusty, Inf. mean, Inf. ornery; grumpy, grouchy, crabby.
3. gloomy, depressing, cheerless, somber, mournful, doleful, dolorous; cloudy, clouded, overcast; dismal, dreary, Literary, drear, bleak, grim, funereal, lugubrious; dark, black, saturnine.
4. slow, slow-moving, slow-going, sluggish, stagnant,
sullenness, n. 1. crossness, angriness, anger; ill orbad temper, ill or bad humor, ill or bad mood, sulk, sulks.
2. sulkiness, moroseness, mumpishness, glumness, moodiness; resentfulness, bitterness, embitteredness; acrimoniousness, acerbity, choler, spleen, bile, gall; irritableness, irritability, irascibleness, irascibility, petulance, peevishness, crankiness, touchiness, tetchiness; surliness, churlishness, crustiness, Inf. meanness, Inf. orneriness, Inf. bitchiness; grouchiness, grumpiness, crabbiness, crabbedness.
3. gloominess, gloom, cheerlessness, somberness, mournfulness, dolefulness, dolorousness, dolor; cloudiness; dismalness, dreariness, bleakness, grimness, lugubriousness; darkness, blackness.
4. slowness, sluggishness, stagnancy.
sully, v. 1. soil, stain, spot, blemish, maculate, smudge, smear, besmear; begrime, bedraggle, draggle; mar, spoil, ruin; contaminate, pollute, adulterate.
2. defile, disgrace, dishonor, dirty; defame, denigrate, vilify, scandalize, revile, malign; stigmatize, drag through the mud or mire, throw mud upon, heap dirt upon, SI. dump on.
sultriness, n. 1. humidity, mugginess, Inf. stickiness.
2. sensualness, sensuality, sensuousness, sexiness, animal magnetism, voluptuousness; luxuriousness,
sultry, adj. 1. hot and humid, humid, muggy, sweltering, Inf. sticky, Archaic, madid; oppressive, suffocating, stifling, close.
2. sensual, sexy, voluptuous, luxurious; alluring, enticing, seductive, tempting.
sum, n. 1. aggregate, total, sum total, grand total, answer; gross amount, gross, bottom line, total cost or price; gross income, receipts, proceeds, Inf. take; tale, tally, score, final score, end result, outcome.
2. amount, quantity, count, measure, just so much, Scot. and North Eng. feck; mass, pile, stack, wad, SI. heap, Si. mess.
3. addition problem, Math, additive group, problem, Math, arithmetic equation.
4. whole, whole or entire thing, entire amount, entirety, entire, totality, ensemble; lot, Inf. whole kit and caboodle, SI. whole lot or bunch or mess, whole shebang; whole shooting match or works, whole ball of wax; everything, be-all and end-all, beginning and end, Alpha and Omega, all there is or that exists, it.
5. sum and substance, content, meaning, message, point; main or central idea or thought, pith, substance, gist, crux, heart, soul, backbone, core, kernel, center, nucleus; essence, quintessence, quiddity, elixir, suchness, Latin, sine qua non.
6. summary, summation, synopsis, compendium; abstract, precis, resumd, epitome; condensation, digest,
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