The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word DOUR , but the solution may also be MOPEY which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Sullen crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DOUR | 54 % | 4 |
| MOROSE | 23 % | 6 |
| GLUM | 10 % | 4 |
| MOODY | 5 % | 5 |
| POUTY | 3 % | 5 |
| MOPEY | 1 % | 5 |
| DONR | 1 % | 4 |
| INAMOOD | 1 % | 7 |
| SULKY | 1 % | 5 |
Why may MOPEY be the right solution?
"Mopey" is a synonym for "sullen," meaning gloomy or in a bad mood. It fits the clue well.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Sullen
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- morose
- glum
- saturnine
- moody
- ill-natured
- dour
- sour
- threatening
- glowering
- lowering
- dark
- heavy
Crossword Answer definitions
DOUR adjective- Stern, harsh and forbidding.
- Unyielding and obstinate.
- Expressing gloom or melancholy; sullenly unhappy.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result DOUR
- Forbidding
- Saturnine
- Silently ill-humored
- Not elated
- Sullen
- Gloomy or forbidding
- Gloomy
- Gloomy or stern
- Far from cheerful
- No fun to be around
More clues leading to the result MOROSE
More clues leading to the result GLUM
- Down in the dumps
- Grinchy
- Saturnine
- Down at the mouth
- Down in the mouth
- Moody and melancholy
- Not eggsactly eggsuberant
- Dejected
- Morose
- Gravely morose
More clues leading to the result MOODY
- Unsteady
- Saturnine
- Sullen
- Given to gloom
- Temperamental
- Given to sulking
- Emotionally fickle
- Given to pouting
- Hardly chipper
- In a funk
More clues leading to the result POUTY
- Bitching
- Prone to sulking
- Like a model's lips, perhaps
- Sullen
- Long-faced
- Sulking
- Like a sullen child
- Looking displeased
- Apt to mope
- Like one in the sulks
More clues leading to the result MOPEY
- Down in the dumps
- Glum
- Listless
- In a funk
- Exhibiting listlessness
- Feeling blue
- Apt to sulk
- Prone to sulking
- In the doldrums
- Dejected
More clues leading to the result DONR
More clues leading to the result INAMOOD
- Sulky
- Sulking
- Snippy
- Unusually emotional
- Feeling gloomy, say
- Feeling unhappy or angry
- Sulking, say
- Irritable
- Sullen
- Angry and impatient