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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 [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

[perhaps from Anglo-French solain (unattested), ultimately related to Latin sōlus 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 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

Translations

sullen [ˈsʌlən] ADJ

1. (= moody) [person, expression, voice] → hosco, huraño
the men lapsed into a sullen silence → los hombres se sumieron en un hosco silencio

2. (= leaden) [sky, landscape] → plomizo, triste

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sullen [ˈsʌl^ən] adj → renfrogné(e), maussade

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sullen

adj

(= morose) → mürrisch, missmutig, verdrießlich; behaviour → unfreundlich, mürrisch; silence → mürrisch

(liter) landscape, sky etc → düster, finster

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sullen [ˈsʌlən] adj → indisponente; (sky) → cupo/a
to have a sullen face → avere il viso imbronciato

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sullen [ˈsʌlən] adj → indisponente; (sky) → cupo/a
to have a sullen face → avere il viso imbronciato

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sullen

adj sullen [ˈsalən]

silent and bad-tempered a sullen young man; a sullen expression. somber, nors مُتَجَهِّم الوَجْه، مُكْفَهِر мрачен mrzutý gnaven mürrisch βαρύθυμος, βλοσυρός hosco, malhumorado, huraño morn ترشرو juro renfrogné זוֹעֵף रूखा, चिड़चिड़ा, नाराज, रूठा हुआ, उदास, विषण्ण, मनहूस, निरानन्द, अमंगल, अनिष्टकर mrk, sumoran mogorva muram fÿldur, fullur af ólund arcigno, imbronciato ふきげんな 시무룩한 paniuręs īgns muram nors vrang, mutt, tverr ponury mal-encarado ur­suz угрюмый mrzutý mrk namrgođen surmulen, butter, trumpen ที่บึ้งตึง somurtkan 慍怒的 понурий, замкнутий بد مزاج اور ضدی rầu rĩ, ảm đạm 愠怒的

adv sullenly

nors بِتَجَهُّم، باكْفِهْرار мрачно mrzutě gnavent mürrisch βλοσυρά hoscamente, con mal humor, hurañamente mornilt با ترشرويي jurosti d'un air renfrogné בְּפָנִים זְעוּפוֹת रूखेपन से, उदासीपूर्वक, निरानन्दता से, अमंगलतापूर्वक mrko, mračno mogorván dengan muram önuglega con aria imbronciata ふきげんに 시무룩해서 niūriai īgni muram nors mutt, tvert ponuro com mau humor cu un aer ursuz угрюмо mrzuto mrko namrgođeno surmulet, buttert, trumpet อย่างบึ้งตึง somurtarak 悶悶不樂地 замкнуто بد مزاجی سے rầu rĩ, ảm đạm 闷闷不乐地

n sullenness

norsheid تَجَهُّم، إكْفِهْرار навъсеност špatná nálada gnavenhed mürrisches Wesen βλοσυρότητα hosquedad, mal humor süngus ترشرويي jurous air renfrogné שְׁתִיקָה זוֹעֶפֶת रूखापन, चिड़चिड़ापन, मनहूसी, उदासी, निरानन्दता, अमंगलता, अनिष्टता mračnost, sumornost mogorvaság kemuraman önuglyndi broncio, scontrosità ふきげん 시무룩함 niaurumas īgnums kemuraman norsheid vrangvilje, mutthet ponury nastrój mau humor aer ursuz угрюмость zlá nálada mrkost namrgođenost surmulenhet, butterhet, trumpenhet ความบึ้งตึง somurtkanlık 沈悶 замкнутість بد مزاجی sự rầu rĩ, sự ảm đạm 沉闷