sullen

sul·len  (sln)

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.

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[Middle English solein, from Anglo-Norman solein, alone, from sol, single, from Latin slus, by oneself alone; see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots.]

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sullen·ly adv.

sullen·ness n.

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sullen

Adjective

unwilling to talk or be sociable; sulky [Latin solus alone]

sullenly adv
sullenness n

Thesaurus

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" glowering, moody, morose, saturnine, glum, dour, dark, sour ill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition
	2.	sullen - darkened by clouds; "a heavy sky" lowering, threatening, heavy 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 << OPPOSITE cheerful

Translations

sullen [ˈsʌlən] adj → hosco, malhumorado

sullen [ˈsʌlən] adj → renfrogné(e) → maussade; morne

sullen [ˈsʌlən] adj → mürrisch, verdrossen

sullen [ˈsʌlən] adj → scontroso/a; cupo/a

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sullen

adj sullen [ˈsalən]

silent and bad-tempered a sullen young man; a sullen expression.somber, norsمُتَجَهِّم الوَجْه، مُكْفَهِرмраченmrzutýgnavenmürrischβαρύθυμος, βλοσυρόςhosco, malhumorado, hurañomornترشروjurorenfrognéזוֹעֵףरूखा, चिड़चिड़ा, नाराज, रूठा हुआ, उदास, विषण्ण, मनहूस, निरानन्द, अमंगल, अनिष्टकरmrk, sumoranmogorvamuramfÿldur, fullur af ólundarcigno, imbronciatoふきげんな뚱한, 시무룩한paniuręsīgnsmuramnorsvrang, mutt, tverrponurymal-encaradour­suzугрюмыйmrzutýmrknamrgođensurmulen, butter, trumpenที่บึ้งตึงsomurtkan慍怒的понурий, замкнутийبد مزاج اور ضدیrầu rĩ, ảm đạm愠怒的

adv ˈsullenly

norsبِتَجَهُّم، باكْفِهْرارмрачноmrzutěgnaventmürrischβλοσυράhoscamente, mal humor con, hurañamentemorniltبا ترشروييjurostid'un air renfrognéבְּפָנִים זְעוּפוֹתरूखेपन से, उदासीपूर्वक, निरानन्दता से, अमंगलतापूर्वकmrko, mračnomogorvándengan muramönuglegacon aria imbronciataふきげんに시무룩해서niūriaiīgnimuramnorsmutt, tvertponurocom mau humorcu un aer ursuzугрюмоmrzutomrkonamrgođenosurmulet, buttert, trumpetอย่างบึ้งตึงsomurtarak悶悶不樂地замкнутоبد مزاجی سےrầu rĩ, ảm đạm闷闷不乐地

n ˈsullenness

norsheidتَجَهُّم، إكْفِهْرارнавъсеностšpatná náladagnavenhedmürrisches Wesenβλοσυρότηταhosquedad, mal humorsüngusترشروييjurousair renfrognéשְׁתִיקָה זוֹעֶפֶתरूखापन, चिड़चिड़ापन, मनहूसी, उदासी, निरानन्दता, अमंगलता, अनिष्टताmračnost, sumornostmogorvaságkemuramanönuglyndibroncio, scontrositàふきげん시무룩함niaurumasīgnumskemuramannorsheidvrangvilje, mutthetponury nastrójmau humoraer ursuzугрюмостьzlá náladamrkostnamrgođenostsurmulenhet, butterhet, trumpenhetความบึ้งตึงsomurtkanlık沈悶замкнутістьبد مزاجیsự rầu rĩ, sự ảm đạm沉闷