Reverse Dictionary: SULLEN

ADJECTIVES
1591 — SATURNIOUS gloomy, sullen, melancholy → obs.
1592 — MUDDY gloomy; sullen; glowering: said of a person, look, etc.
1600 — DARK of a person’s disposition, etc.: gloomy, sullen, sad
1605 — DORTY spoiled, pettish, sullen, sulky, easily offended, ill-humoured; saucy, haughty, conceited, proud, stubborn; contemptuous → Sc.
1620 — MUSTY peevish, sullen, bad-tempered → Eng. dial.
1626 — DOWNLOOKING guilty-looking, sullen; demure, sheepish, hangdog
1636 — DOWNLOOKED that has downcast eyes or a lowered countenance; guilty-looking, sullen; demure, sheepish, hangdog → obs.
1656 — SATURNIAN sullen, melancholy → obs.
1721 — MUMPISH sullenly angry; depressed in spirits; sulky → colloq.
1728 — SUMPHISH sullen, surly → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1728 — SUNKAN sulking, sullen → obs.
1737 — STUNKARD sulky, sullen → Sc.
1746 — APRILLED made sullen or sour → Eng. dial.
1746 — MUGGARD sullen, sulky, morose; displeased, discontented → Eng. dial. obs.
1765 — FAROUCHE sullen, shy, unsociable; distant in manner
1765 — FAROUCHIE sullen, shy and repellent in manner → Sc.
1767 — CAMLA-LIKE sullen, surly → Sc. obs.
1771 — GRUM grim, surly, sullen, morose, glum → Amer. dial.
1783 — GLOMPY → GLUMFIE → GLUMPY sullen, morose, sour-looking; ill-humoured, low-spirited, grumpy → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1785 — LIKE A BEAR WITH A SORE EAR very irritable, sullen, or bad-tempered
1790 — APURT sulky, sullen, disagreeable → Eng. dial.
..19C — BLONK sullen → Eng. dial.
..19C — GRUMPTIOUS irritable, sullen, inclined to grumbling → Eng. dial.
..19C — STRUMMY pettish, sullen → Sc.
..19C — TARTUFFISH sour, sullen, sulky, stubborn, obstinate → Sc. obs.
1808 — DERF unbending in manner, sullen → Sc.
1825 — GLUFF gloomy, sullen → Sc.
1825 — GLUNDY sullen → Sc.
1825 — SCOUKIN furtive, sullen; of a look: having a skulking, furtive, or hangdog look; of a person: scary → Sc.
1828 — YONDERLY distant in manner, reserved, sullen; depressed in health or spirits, gloomy, melancholy; vague, absent-minded; shy, timid; anxious → Eng. dial.
1830 — LIKE A BEAR WITH A SORE HEAD very irritable, sullen, or bad-tempered
1830 — MURKY sullen, cheerless, gloomy; said of a look, a person’s demeanour, etc.
1836 — GROUTY sulky, cross, surly, peevish, sullen, ill-tempered, ill-natured, crabbed, grumpy, irritable → Eng. & Amer. dial.
1839 — GLUMP sullen, sulky, out of humour → Eng. dial.
1866 — PUDGETTY → PUDJICKY → PUTCHITY sensitive; sullen; pettish; grouchy, peevish → Amer. dial.
1867 — BLOGGY sullen, sulky → Eng. dial.
1875 — JUNTOUS apt to take offense; ill-tempered, sullen, captious, surly, morose → Eng. dial.
1876 — APURTED sullen → Eng. dial.
1881 — GOURY → GOWERY gloomy, frightful; sullen, stupid, dull → Eng. dial.
1898 — BLACK-LOOKING sullen, ill-tempered → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 — GLUMPSE sullen, sulky, taciturn, out of temper → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 — GROUTY of persons: grim-looking, sullen, grumpy → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 — GRUMPTIOUS irritable, sullen; inclined to grumbling → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1904 — SCOUKING-LIKE sullen, sulky in appearance; ill-looking; furtive → Sc. (Bk.)
1904 — SCOUKING-LOOKING sullen, sulky in appearance; ill-looking; furtive → Sc. (Bk.)
1905 — PUTCHY sensitive; sullen; pettish; grouchy, peevish → Amer. dial.
1905 — QUEER AS DICK’S HATBAND in a very morose or sullen temper → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — THRUM blunt, sullen, sour of aspect; rough, bearish → Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
1921 — PUXY sensitive; sullen; pettish; grouchy, peevish → Amer. dial.
1981 — BROODISH brooding, moody, sullen → Amer. dial.

ADVERBS
1727 — GRUMLY sullenly, morosely
1802 — SUMPHISHLY ill-humouredly, sullenly → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1967 — EVILLY sullenly; broodingly → Amer. dial.

NOUNS
1599 — MULLIGRUBS depression of spirits; a fit of the blues; peevishness, sullenness; the sulks; ill temper
1786 — GLUNCH a frown, a pout, a sullen look → Sc.
1806 — MOLLYGRUBS a condition of despondency or ill temper; sulkiness, sullenness, the blues → Amer. dial.
1825 — GLUMPS the sulks, the dumps; a fit of ill-temper or sullenness → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1825 — GLUMSH sulkiness, surliness; a sullen look; lowness of spirits → Sc.
1846 — SUMPHISHNESS ill-humour, sullenness → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1895 — GROUCH a fit of ill temper, sulkiness or sullenness; a grudge or complaint → Amer. sl.
1965 — GROUCHIES a mood of depression, annoyance, or irritation; a sully or gloomy fit → Amer. dial.

NOUNS, PERSON
1569 — SATURNIST a sullen, gloomy, or melancholy person → obs.
1591 — SATURNIAN a sullen, gloomy, or melancholy person → obs.
1631 — SATURNINE a sullen, gloomy, or melancholy person → obs.
1719 — SUMPH a surly or sullen man → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1804 — GLUMP a sulky, sullen, morose person; an irritable or gloomy person; a pessimist → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1825 — GLUNTOCH a stupid fellow; a surly, sullen person → Sc. obs.
1898 — AKLIN a sullen person → Sc. (Bk.)
1900 — GROUCH a sullen, sulky or ill-tempered person → colloq.

PHRASES
1607 — NOT TO HAVE A WORD TO THROW AT A DOG to be sullen or uncommunicative
1834 — BLACK DOG HAS WALKED OVER HIM, A said of a sullen, discontented, or morose person

VERBS
1374 — DARK to obscure, to cloud, to dim, to sully → arch.
1400 — GLOUT to look sullen
1420 — GLOPPEN to stare in astonishment; to look with a sullen or malicious countenance → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1610 — MUMP to assume a demure, melancholy, or sanctimonious expression; to be silent and sullen; to sulk, to mope
1719 — GLUNCH to look sullen → Sc.
1730 — MOGG to pout, to grow sullen; to mope; to refuse food → Eng. dial.
1730 — MUG to pout, to grow sullen; to mope → Eng. dial.
1737 — SUNK to be sullen, to sulk → obs.
1746 — BLOG to look sullen or sulky → Eng. dial.
1746 — PURT to be sullen; to pout; to sulk → chiefly Eng. dial.
1785 — NAB THE RUST to be ill-tempered, sullen → sl., orig. used of horses
1785 — RIDE GRUB to be sullen, ill-tempered → colloq.
1811 — CARRY THE CAG to be vexed, sullen; to be easily irritated; to lack a sense of humour, esp. as regards jokes against oneself → UK sl.
1825 — GLUNT to look sullen or disagreeable; to pout, to scowl → Sc.
1825 — LOOK GLUFF to be silently sullen, whether seriously or under pretense → Sc.
1857 — BOODY to sulk, mope, or be sullen; to look angry, glum, or gruff
1895 — HAVE A GROUCH ON to be sullen or sulky → Amer. sl.
1989 — HAVE A MONK ON to be in a bad mood; to be angry, sullen, or resentful → Eng. dial.