"sullenness" meaning in English

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Noun

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  1. (uncountable) The state or quality of being sullen. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: surliness Translations (state or quality of being sullen): σκυθρωπότης (skuthrōpótēs) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), βαρυθυμία (baruthumía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), jurous (Finnish), nyreys (Finnish), ynseys (Finnish), yrmeys (Finnish), Verdrossenheit [feminine] (German), Verdruss [masculine] (German), Überdruss [masculine] (German), aahkwiteeheeyoni (Miami), mūmū (Māori), ursuzenie [feminine] (Romanian), hosquedad [feminine] (Spanish), murria [feminine] (Spanish), hastío [masculine] (Spanish)
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  2. (countable, rare) The result or product of being sullen. Tags: countable, rare
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        "(uncountable) The state or quality of being sullen."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "surliness"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The result or product of being sullen."
      ],
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        [
          "sullen",
          "sullen"
        ]
      ],
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        "(countable, rare) The result or product of being sullen."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "state or quality of being sullen",
      "word": "jurous"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "state or quality of being sullen",
      "word": "nyreys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "state or quality of being sullen",
      "word": "ynseys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "state or quality of being sullen",
      "word": "yrmeys"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "state or quality of being sullen",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Verdrossenheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "state or quality of being sullen",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Verdruss"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "state or quality of being sullen",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Überdruss"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "lang_code": "grc",
      "roman": "skuthrōpótēs",
      "sense": "state or quality of being sullen",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "σκυθρωπότης"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "lang_code": "grc",
      "roman": "baruthumía",
      "sense": "state or quality of being sullen",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "βαρυθυμία"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Māori",
      "lang_code": "mi",
      "sense": "state or quality of being sullen",
      "word": "mūmū"
    },
    {
      "code": "mia",
      "lang": "Miami",
      "lang_code": "mia",
      "sense": "state or quality of being sullen",
      "word": "aahkwiteeheeyoni"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "sense": "state or quality of being sullen",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ursuzenie"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "state or quality of being sullen",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hosquedad"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "state or quality of being sullen",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "murria"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "state or quality of being sullen",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hastío"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sullenness"
}

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