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sul·len
(sŭl′ən)adj. sul·len·er, sul·len·est
1. Showing a brooding ill humor or silent resentment; morose or sulky.
2. Gloomy or somber in tone, color, or portent: sullen, gray skies.
3. Sluggish; slow: the sullen current of a canal.
[Middle English solein, from Anglo-Norman solein, alone, from sol, single, from Latin sōlus, by oneself alone; see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots.]
sul′len·ly adv.
sul′len·ness n.
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sullen
(ˈsʌlən)adj
1. unwilling to talk or be sociable; sulky; morose
2. sombre; gloomy: a sullen day.
3. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) literary sluggish; slow: a sullen stream.
4. obsolete threatening
n
(plural) archaic a sullen mood
[C16: perhaps from Anglo-French solain (unattested), ultimately related to Latin sōlus alone]
ˈsullenly adv
ˈsullenness n
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sul•len
(ˈsʌl ən)adj.
1. showing irritation or ill humor by a gloomy silence or reserve.
2. persistently and silently ill-humored; morose.
3. indicative of gloomy ill humor.
4. gloomy or dismal, as weather or a sound.
5. sluggish, as a stream; slow.
6. Obs. malignant, as planets or influences.
[1565–75; probably < Anglo-French *solein, alter., after sol sole1, of Old French soltain, soutain < Late Latin sōlitānus (see solitary, -an1)]
sul′len•ly, adv.
sul′len•ness, n.
syn: See glum.
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| Adj. | 1. | sullen - showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen crowd" ill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition |
| 2. | sullen - darkened by clouds; "a heavy sky" cloudy - full of or covered with clouds; "cloudy skies" |
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sullen
adjective morose, cross, moody, sour, gloomy, brooding, dour, surly, glowering, sulky, unsociable, out of humour The offenders lapsed into a sullen silence.
morose cheerful, cheery, good-humoured, warm, bright, pleasant, sunny, amiable, sociable, genial, chirpy (informal), good-natured, warm-hearted
morose cheerful, cheery, good-humoured, warm, bright, pleasant, sunny, amiable, sociable, genial, chirpy (informal), good-natured, warm-hearted
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sullen
adjective1. Broodingly and sullenly unhappy:
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Translations
مُتَجَهِّم الوَجْه، مُكْفَهِر
mrzutý
dystergnavenmørk
morosmürrisch
nyreäsynkeäynseäyrmeä
fÿldur, fullur af ólund
niaurumas
īgns
sullen
[ˈsʌlən] ADJCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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sullen
adj
(= morose) → mürrisch, missmutig, verdrießlich; behaviour → unfreundlich, mürrisch; silence → mürrisch
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sullen
(ˈsalən) adjective silent and bad-tempered. a sullen young man; a sullen expression.
ˈsullenly adverbˈsullenness noun
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sullen
a. malhumorado-a; resentido-a.
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