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Definition of Sullen
1. Adjective. Showing a brooding ill humor. "A sullen crowd"
Similar to: Ill-natured
Derivative terms: Glumness, Moodiness, Moroseness, Moroseness, Sourness, Sullenness
2. Adjective. Darkened by clouds. "A heavy sky"
Definition of Sullen
1. a. Lonely; solitary; desolate.
2. n. One who is solitary, or lives alone; a hermit.
3. v. t. To make sullen or sluggish.
Definition of Sullen
1. Adjective. Having a brooding ill temper; sulky. ¹
2. Adjective. Dismal; somber. ¹
3. Adjective. Sluggish; slow. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sullen
1. showing a brooding ill humor or resentment [adj -LENER, -LENEST] : SULLENLY [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sullen
Literary usage of Sullen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"The dread Achilles, range in fight, but now Broods in his galleys, sullen, and
withdrawn." So from the city's citadel the God Raised his dread voice ..."
2. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1892)
"Mrs. sullen, Bisarre, Lydia Languish, Nell in the 'Devil to Pay,' and most leading
comic parts were assigned to her, as well as William in 'Rosina' and ..."
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