Gloomy vs. Sullen — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Gloomy and Sullen
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Definitions
Gloomy➦
Partially or totally dark, especially dismal and dreary
A damp, gloomy day.
Sullen➦
Bad-tempered and sulky
A sullen pout
Gloomy➦
Showing or filled with gloom
Gloomy faces.
Sullen➦
A sulky or depressed mood.
Gloomy➦
Causing or producing gloom; depressing
Gloomy news.
Sullen➦
Showing a brooding ill humor or silent resentment; morose or sulky.
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Gloomy➦
Marked by hopelessness; very pessimistic
Gloomy predictions.
Sullen➦
Gloomy or somber in tone, color, or portent
Sullen, gray skies.
Gloomy➦
Not very illuminated; dim because of darkness, especially when appearing depressing or frightening.
The cavern was gloomy.
Sullen➦
Sluggish; slow
The sullen current of a canal.
Gloomy➦
Suffering from gloom; melancholy; dejected.
A gloomy temper or countenance
Sullen➦
Having a brooding ill temper; sulky.
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Gloomy➦
(informal) Someone or something that is gloomy or pessimistic.
Sullen➦
Gloomy; dismal; foreboding.
A sullen atmosphere
Gloomy➦
Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded; as, the cavern was gloomy.
Sullen➦
Sluggish; slow.
Gloomy➦
Affected with, or expressing, gloom; melancholy; dejected; as, a gloomy temper or countenance.
Sullen➦
(obsolete) Lonely; solitary; desolate.
Gloomy➦
Characterized by hopelessness; filled with gloom;
Gloomy at the thought of what he had to face
Gloomy predictions
A gloomy silence
Took a grim view of the economy
The darkening mood
Sullen➦
(obsolete) Mischievous; malignant; unpropitious.
Gloomy➦
Depressing in character or appearance;
Drove through dingy streets
The dismal prison twilight
Drab old buildings
A dreary mining town
Gloomy tenements
Sorry routine that follows on the heels of death
Sullen➦
(obsolete) Obstinate; intractable.
Gloomy➦
Depressingly dark;
The gloomy forest
The glooming interior of an old inn
`gloomful' is archaic
Sullen➦
(obsolete) One who is solitary, or lives alone; a hermit.
Gloomy➦
Causing or suggestive of sorrow or gloom;
A gloomy outlook
Gloomy news
Sullen➦
Sullen feelings or manners; sulks; moroseness.
Gloomy➦
Reflecting gloom;
Gloomy faces
Sullen➦
Lonely; solitary; desolate.
Gloomy➦
Causing dejection;
A blue day
The dark days of the war
A week of rainy depressing weather
A disconsolate winter landscape
The first dismal dispiriting days of November
A dark gloomy day
Grim rainy weather
Sullen➦
Gloomy; dismal; foreboding.
Solemn hymns so sullen dirges change.
Sullen➦
Mischievous; malignant; unpropitious.
Such sullen planets at my birth did shine.
Sullen➦
Gloomily angry and silent; cross; sour; affected with ill humor; morose.
And sullen I forsook the imperfect feast.
Sullen➦
Obstinate; intractable.
Things are as sullen as we are.
Sullen➦
Heavy; dull; sluggish.
No cheerful breeze this sullen region knows;The dreaded east is all the wind that blows.
Sullen➦
One who is solitary, or lives alone; a hermit.
Sullen➦
Sullen feelings or manners; sulks; moroseness; as, to have the sullens.
Sullen➦
To make sullen or sluggish.
Sullens the whole body with . . . laziness.
Sullen➦
Showing a brooding ill humor;
A dark scowl
The proverbially dour New England Puritan
A glum, hopeless shrug
He sat in moody silence
A morose and unsociable manner
A saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius
A sour temper
A sullen crowd
Sullen➦
Darkened by clouds;
A heavy sky
