Antagonistic vs Sullen - What's the difference?
antagonistic | sullen | Related terms |
Contending or acting against; as, antagonistic forces.
* Milman
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Having a brooding ill temper; sulky.
* Prior
Gloomy; dismal; foreboding.
* 1593 , , IV. v. 88:
Sluggish; slow.
* Sir Walter Scott
(obsolete) Lonely; solitary; desolate.
(obsolete) Mischievous; malignant; unpropitious.
* Dryden
(obsolete) Obstinate; intractable.
* Tillotson
(obsolete) One who is solitary, or lives alone; a hermit.
Sullen feelings or manners; sulks; moroseness.
* 1593 , , II. i. 139:
Antagonistic is a related term of sullen.
As adjectives the difference between antagonistic and sullen
is that antagonistic is contending or acting against; as, antagonistic forces while sullen is having a brooding ill temper; sulky.As a noun sullen is
(obsolete) one who is solitary, or lives alone; a hermit.antagonistic
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- They were distinct, adverse, even antagonistic .
Synonyms
* See alsosullen
English
Adjective
(er)- And sullen I forsook the imperfect feast.
- Our solemn hymns to sullen dirges change;
- (Milton)
- The larger stream was placid, and even sullen , in its course.
- Such sullen planets at my birth did shine.
- Things are as sullen as we are.
Synonyms
* sulky, moroseAntonyms
* cheerful * content * lighthearted * pleasedNoun
(en noun)- (Piers Plowman)
- to have the sullens
- And let them die that age and sullens have;