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
- “I am afraid not,” Rysatam replied, his expression sullen.
- During all this work the sealers stood about in sullen groups.
- Paolo followed her into the room, his expression sullen and inimical.
- 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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