sullen
IPA: sˈʌɫʌn
noun
- (obsolete) One who is solitary, or lives alone; a hermit.
- (in the plural) Sullen feelings or manners; sulks; moroseness.
adjective
- Having a brooding ill temper; sulky.
- Gloomy; dismal; foreboding.
- Sluggish; slow.
- (obsolete) Lonely; solitary; desolate.
- (obsolete) Mischievous; malignant; unpropitious.
- (obsolete) Obstinate; intractable.
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Examples of "sullen" in Sentences
- He is morose and sullen.
- Harmony decries the sullen sunrise.
- He becomes more sullen and solitary.
- I grew sullen and ashamed of my surroundings.
- As the girl explores its rooms, he becomes sullen.
- “I am afraid not,” Rysatam replied, his expression sullen.
- During all this work the sealers stood about in sullen groups.
- Erin becomes sullen and sad, but acts strong in front of Lilan.
- Amy is elated, but Bright is sullen and distant about the situation.
- The nights are clear, but suffused with sloth and sullen expectation.
- Paolo followed her into the room, his expression sullen and inimical.
- Eventually, the children grow more and more fearful and sullen around Anna.
- But he was of an odd highly strung natures sullen and excitable by turns.
- For Nau-hau, in sullen volcanic rage, was ripe to erupt at the slightest opportunity.
- Simon watched all this from a couple of yards away, his expression sullen or possibly jealous.
- Her expression sullen, Janis whirled around without replying and walked back into the dressing room.
- The problem is, this need for external validaion doesn't lead to changes when it fails to materialize ... rather, it seems to result in sullen ad hominem attacks on critics (witness "freedom fries").
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