dark (s)
dour (s)
glowering (s)
glum (s)
moody (s)
morose (s)
saturnine (s)
sour (s)
sullen (s)

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type s
lex_filenum 00
def showing a brooding ill humor
examples 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 Bruce Bliven
a sour temper
a sullen crowd
Outgoing links
Similar to ill-natured
Derivationally related form sullen → sullenness
Derivationally related form sour → sourness
Derivationally related form morose → moroseness
Derivationally related form morose → moroseness
Derivationally related form moody → moodiness
Derivationally related form glum → glumness
Incoming links
Similar to ill-natured
Derived from adjective darkly → dark
Derived from adjective glumly → glum
Derived from adjective sullenly → sullen
Derived from adjective dourly → dour
Derived from adjective gloweringly → glowering
Derived from adjective moodily → moody
Derived from adjective morosely → morose
Derived from adjective sourly → sour
Derivationally related form sourness → sour
Derivationally related form moroseness → morose
Derivationally related form sullenness → sullen
Derivationally related form moodiness → moody
Derivationally related form glumness → glum
Derivationally related form moroseness → morose

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