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- Dictionarysullen/ˈsʌlən/
adjective
- 1. bad-tempered and sulky: "a sullen pout"
noun
- 1. a sulky or depressed mood. archaic
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angry and unwilling to smile or be pleasant to people: His daughters stared back at him with an expression of sullen resentment. literary She looked up at the sullen (= dark and unpleasant) sky and shuddered. Synonym. morose. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Not being friendly. abrasively. abrasiveness. abruptly. abruptness. aloof.
The meaning of SULLEN is gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed. How to use sullen in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Sullen.
angry and unwilling to smile or be pleasant to people: His daughters stared back at him with an expression of sullen resentment. literary She looked up at the sullen (= dark and unpleasant) sky and shuddered. Synonym. morose. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Not being friendly. abrasively. abrasiveness. abruptly. abruptness. aloof.
A bad-tempered or gloomy person is sullen. Sullen people are down in the dumps. If someone is dark, dour, glum, moody, morose, or sour, they're also sullen. Teenagers are often described as sullen, especially when they're being grumpy and silent.
5 meanings: 1. unwilling to talk or be sociable; sulky; morose 2. sombre; gloomy 3. literary sluggish; slow 4. obsolete.... Click for more definitions.
Sullen definition: showing irritation or ill humor by a gloomy silence or reserve.. See examples of SULLEN used in a sentence.
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.
Sullen definition: Showing a brooding ill humor or silent resentment; morose or sulky.
Definition of sullen adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
showing irritation or ill humor by a gloomy silence or reserve. persistently and silently ill-humored; morose. indicative of gloomy ill humor. gloomy or dismal, as weather or a sound. sluggish, as a stream. [ Obs.]malignant, as planets or influences. ? earlier solein, Middle English 1565–75. sul′len•ly, adv. sul′len•ness, n. 1. See cross. 1, 2.
