Synonyms & related words for sullen

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of sullen — including morose, glowering, glum, dour, saturnine, moody. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to sullen

Explore words related to sullen — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include farouche, huffish, sullenness, gloweringly, morosely, sullenly, glumness, moroseness. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for sullen

Common synonyms for sullen include morose, glowering, glum, dour, saturnine, moody, sulking, sulky — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does sullen come from?

The word sullen breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root sul-, from Latin solus (“alone”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.