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Sullen vs Grizzly - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between sullen and grizzly

is that sullen is having a brooding ill temper; sulky while grizzly is grey-haired, greyish.

As nouns the difference between sullen and grizzly

is that sullen is one who is solitary, or lives alone; a hermit while grizzly is a grizzly bear.

sullen

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Having a brooding ill temper; sulky.
  • * Prior
    • And sullen I forsook the imperfect feast.
  • Gloomy; dismal; foreboding.
  • * 1593 , , IV. v. 88:
    • Our solemn hymns to sullen dirges change;
    (Milton)
  • Sluggish; slow.
  • * Sir Walter Scott
    • The larger stream was placid, and even sullen , in its course.
  • (obsolete) Lonely; solitary; desolate.
  • (obsolete) Mischievous; malignant; unpropitious.
  • * Dryden
    • Such sullen planets at my birth did shine.
  • (obsolete) Obstinate; intractable.
  • * Tillotson
    • Things are as sullen as we are.

    Synonyms

    * sulky, morose

    Antonyms

    * cheerful * content * lighthearted * pleased

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) One who is solitary, or lives alone; a hermit.
    • (Piers Plowman)
  • Sullen feelings or manners; sulks; moroseness.
    • to have the sullens
  • * 1593 , , II. i. 139:
    • And let them die that age and sullens have;
    English adjectives ending in -en

    grizzly

    English

    (wikipedia grizzly)

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Grey-haired, greyish.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • old squirrels that turn grizzly
  • [Listed by Merriam-Webster Unabridged as a legitimate variant spelling.]
  • * 2008 , Campbell Brown, " Commentary: Pakistan gives in to terrorists," CNN , Feb. 5, 2009:
    • This after Taliban militants led a grizzly campaign of attacks, including beheadings, kidnappings and the destruction of dozens of girls' schools.

    Derived terms

    * grizzly bear

    Noun

    (grizzlies)
  • A grizzly bear.
    • Shotgun blast kills charging grizzly!
  • (US, dialect) In hydraulic mining, a grating used to catch and throw out large stones from the sluices.
    • (Raymond)