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sul·len

 (sŭl′ən)
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.

[Middle Englishsolein, from Anglo-Normansolein,alone, fromsol,single, from Latinsōlus,by oneself alone; sees(w)e- inIndo-European roots.]

sul′len·ly adv.
sul′len·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
[C16: perhaps from Anglo-Frenchsolain (unattested), ultimately related to Latinsōlus alone]
ˈsullenlyadv
ˈsullennessn
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sul•len

(ˈsʌl ən)

adj.
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.
5. sluggish, as a stream; slow.
6.Obs. malignant, as planets or influences.
[1565–75; probably < Anglo-French *solein, alter., after solsole1, of Old French soltain, soutain < Late Latin sōlitānus (seesolitary,-an1)]
sul′len•ly,adv.
sul′len•ness,n.
syn:Seeglum.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
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"
ill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition
2.sullen - darkened by clouds; "a heavy sky"
cloudy - full of or covered with clouds; "cloudy skies"
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sullen

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sullen

adjective
1.Broodingly and sullenly unhappy:
2.Characterized by or expressive of a foreboding somberness:
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Translations
مُتَجَهِّم الوَجْه، مُكْفَهِر
mrzutý
dystergnavenmørk
nyreäsynkeäynseäyrmeä
fÿldur, fullur af ólund
niaurumas
īgns

sullen

[ˈsʌlən]ADJ
1. (=moody) [person, expression, voice] →hosco,huraño
the men lapsed into a sullensilenceloshombres sesumieron en unhoscosilencio
2. (=leaden) [sky, landscape] →plomizo,triste
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sullen

[ˈsʌlən]adjrenfrogné(e),maussade
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sullen

adj
(= morose)mürrisch,missmutig,verdrießlich;behaviourunfreundlich,mürrisch;silencemürrisch
(liter) landscape, sky etcdüster,finster
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sullen

[ˈsʌlən]adjindisponente; (sky) →cupo/a
to have a sullen face →avere ilvisoimbronciato
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sullen

(ˈsalən) adjective
silent and bad-tempered.a sullen young man;a sullen expression. somber, nors مُتَجَهِّم الوَجْه، مُكْفَهِر мрачен mal-encarado mrzutýmürrisch gnaven βαρύθυμος,βλοσυρόςhosco,malhumorado,huraño morn ترشرو nyreärenfrogné זוֹעֵף रूखा, चिड़चिड़ा, नाराज, रूठा हुआ, उदास, विषण्ण, मनहूस, निरानन्द, अमंगल, अनिष्टकर mrk, sumoran mogorva muram fÿldur, fullur af ólundarcigno,imbronciato ふきげんな 시무룩한 paniuręs īgns muramnorsvrang,mutt,tverrponury تریو تندی mal-encarado ur­suzугрюмый mrzutý mrk namrgođen surmulen, butter, trumpen ที่บึ้งตึงsomurtkan 慍怒的 понурий, замкнутий بد مزاج اور ضدی rầu rĩ, ảm đạm愠怒的
ˈsullenly adverb
nors بِتَجَهُّم، باكْفِهْرار мрачно mau humorado mrzutěmürrisch gnavent βλοσυρά hoscamente, con mal humor,hurañamente mornilt با ترشرويي nyreästid'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 시무룩하게 niūriai īgni muramnorsmutt,tvert ponuro له تریووالی سره com mau humor cu un aer ursuzугрюмо 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
ˈsullenness noun
norsheid تَجَهُّم، إكْفِهْرار навъсеност mau humor špatná nálada mürrisches Wesen gnavenhed βλοσυρότηταhosquedad,mal humor süngus ترشرويي nyreys air renfrogné שְׁתִיקָה זוֹעֶפֶת रूखापन, चिड़चिड़ापन, मनहूसी, उदासी, निरानन्दता, अमंगलता, अनिष्टता mračnost, sumornost mogorvaság kemuraman önuglyndibroncio,scontrosità ふきげん 시무록함 niaurumas īgnums kemuramannorsheidvrangvilje,mutthet ponury nastrój تریوالی 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
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sullen

a. malhumorado-a; resentido-a.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012


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