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sullennesses

sullennesses is the plural of sullenness.

Meaning of sullenness

Noun

sullenness (countable and uncountable, plural sullennesses)

  1. (uncountable) The state or quality of being sullen.
    • “Marry come up—are you there with your bears?” muttered the dragon, with a draconic sullenness, which was in good keeping with his character, “we had as good have been Romans still, if we are to have no freedom in our pastimes!”1820, [Walter Scott], chapter XV, in The Abbot. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and...
    Synonyms:
    surliness
  2. (countable, rare) The result or product of being sullen.

Questions about sullennesses

What is sullennesses the plural of?
Sullennesses is the plural of sullenness.

Words near sullennesses in the dictionary

  1. sullenest
  2. Sullenger
  3. Sullengers
  4. sullenly
  5. sullenness
  6. sullennesses
  7. sullens
  8. sulliable
  9. sulliage
  10. sulliages
  11. sullied

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