Sullen
11sullen — adjective Etymology: Middle English solein solitary, from Anglo French sulein, solain, perhaps from sol, soul single, sole + ain after Old French soltain solitary, private, from Late Latin solitaneus, ultimately from Latin solus alone Date: 14th… …
12sullen — sul|len [ˈsʌlən] adj [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Probably from an unrecorded Anglo French solein single, solitary, sullen , from Latin solus alone ] 1.) angry and silent, especially because you feel life has been unfair to you ▪ Bill sat in sullen… …
13sullen — [[t]sʌ̱l(ə)n[/t]] ADJ GRADED Someone who is sullen is bad tempered and does not speak much. The offenders lapsed into a sullen silence... Many of them remained sullen and resentful. Derived words: sullenly ADV GRADED usu ADV with v, also ADV adj… …
14sullen — sul|len [ sʌlən ] adjective 1. ) showing that you are in an unhappy mood, and do not want to talk a ) used about someone s expression or attitude: a sullen look 2. ) LITERARY if the sky or weather is sullen, it is dark and unpleasant ╾ sul|len|ly …
15sullen — adjective 1 silently showing anger or bad temper: a look of sullen resentment 2 literary sky or weather that is sullen is dark and unpleasant; gloomy (3) sullenly adverb sullenness noun (U) …
16sullen — UK [ˈsʌlən] / US adjective 1) a) showing that you are in an unhappy mood, and do not want to talk b) used about someone s expression or attitude a sullen look 2) literary if the sky or weather is sullen, it is dark and unpleasant Derived words:… …
17sullen — /ˈsʌlən / (say suluhn) adjective 1. showing ill humour by a gloomy silence or reserve. 2. silently and persistently ill humoured; morose. 3. indicative of gloomy ill humour: sullen silence. 4. gloomy or dismal, as weather, sounds, etc.: a sullen… …
18sullen — adj. & n. adj. 1 morose, resentful, sulky, unforgiving, unsociable. 2 a (of a thing) slow moving. b dismal, melancholy (a sullen sky). n. (in pl., usu. prec. by the) archaic a sullen frame of mind; depression. Derivatives: sullenly adv.… …
19sullen — adj. Sullen is used with these nouns: ↑silence …
20sullen — [16] The etymological notion underlying sullen is of being miserable because one is ‘on one’s own’. The word comes from Anglo Norman *solein ‘alone’, hence ‘miserable’, a derivative of Old French soul ‘alone’ (source of English sole). => SOLE …
