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depressing, depressed, churlish, ill-humoured, glum, grumpy,
sombre, out of humour, antisocial, unsociable, cross, petulant,
perverse, crusty, crotchety, choleric, crabby, ill-natured,
ill-tempered, bad-tempered, splenetic, peevish, dyspeptic, out
of sorts, US cranky: He remained quite sullen and refused to
associate with anyone.
sully
v. besmirch, stain, smirch, blemish, mar, defile, soil,
disgrace, dirty, tarnish, pollute, spoil, ruin, destroy, wreck:
Sadly, his reputation was sullied when his company was found to
be involved in insider trading.
sultry adj. 1 hot, humid, sticky, stuffy, stifling, oppressive, close,
muggy, steamy, steaming, moist, damp, sweltering, suffocating:
I was happy to be languishing again in the sultry warmth of St
Lucia. 2 lusty, lustful, passionate, erotic, seductive,
voluptuous, provocative, sensual, Colloq sexy, hot: She
continued her sultry, slow, sinuous dance.
sum
n. 1 total, aggregate, grand total, sum total, whole, totality;
amount, quantity: The sum of money found in the satchel was not
revealed by the police. He would give the neighbourhood children
small sums to spend on sweets.
--v. 2 sum up. a recapitulate, summarize, encapsulate,
synopsize, digest, abridge, condense, consolidate, epitomize,
review: He summed up by reminding the children not to accept
gifts from strangers. b reckon, add up, calculate, total, tot
up, measure (up), take the measure of: They summed up their
chances of escaping. c estimate, evaluate, size up, assess:
She had summed him up the minute she saw him.
summarily adv. 1 immediately, at once, straightaway, directly, quickly,
without delay, unhesitatingly, without hesitation, forthwith,
promptly, swiftly, speedily, expeditiously, instantly, Colloq
p.d.q. (= 'pretty damned quick'): Any dog caught without a
muzzle will be impounded summarily. 2 suddenly, without
warning, abruptly, peremptorily, precipitately: He was
summarily dismissed, with no advance notice.
summary n. 1 summarization, recapitulation, encapsulation, compendium,
synopsis, digest, abridgement, condensation, shortening,
consolidation, epitome, epitomization, review, distillate,