sullenness
noun
sullenness is spelled S-U-L-L-E-N-N-E-S-S: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 76 million words in written English, the 275,970th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sullenness means “The state or quality of being sullen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sullenness is sullennesses.
How many letters and syllables are in sullenness?
| Letters | 10: S-U-L-L-E-N-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 76 million words; the 275,970th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is sullenness?
Sullenness appears about once in every 76 million words in written English, the 275,970th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce sullenness?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-NaomiAmethyst-sullenness.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of sullenness
- sullennesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sullenness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state or quality of being sullen.
- 2
rareThe result or product of being sullen.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sullenness in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense state or quality of being sullen:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does sullenness come from?
From sullen + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).