sullenness
/ˈsʌlənnəs/
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American sound/ˈsʌlənnəs/
sullenness
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sul - len - ness -> sullenness
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၁။ သုန်မှုန်နေသော။ မှုန်တေတေ ဖြစ်နေသော။ ရှုသိုးသိုးဖြစ်နေသော။ a sullen person/look
❍ All my attempts to amuse the children were met with sullen scowls.
၂။ (esp rhet ) ညို့မှိုင်းသော။ အုံ့မှိုင်းသော။
a sullen sky.
❏ sullenly adv သုန်သုန်မှုန်မှုန်။ ရှုသိုးသိုး။ စူပုပ်ပုပ်။ sullenness n [U]
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surly, morose, dour, brooding, glowering, angry, grim, gloomy, bad-tempered, cheerless, churlish, cloudy, crabbed, crabby, cross, cynical, dark, dismal, dull, fretful, frowning, glum, gray, gruff, grumpy, heavy, hostile, ill-humored, inert, irritable, leaden, malevolent, malicious, malign, mean, moody, obstinate, ornery, out of sorts, overcast, peevish, perverse, pessimistic, petulant, pouting, pouty, querulous, saturnine, silent, somber, sour, sourpussed, stubborn, sulking, sulky, tenebrific, tenebrous, ugly, unsociable, upset, uptight
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