Enter your search term here and click Search

sullen

Definition of sullen:

  • part of speech: noun

    Sullenness.

  • part of speech: adjective

    Inclined to be alone; ill- humored: as, a sullen disposition; dismal; heavy; gloomy; as, a sullen sky.

  • part of speech: adverb

    Sullenly.

  • part of speech: adjective

    Gloomily angry and silent: malignant: dark: dull.

  • Gloomily angry; obstinate.

  • part of speech: adjective

    Gloomily angry and silent; cross; sour; in ill humour; mischievous; obstinate; intractable; dark; dull.

  • part of speech: adjective

    Of an unsociable morose disposition; gloomily silent and angry; cloudy; dismal.

Usage examples :

  • Its sullen sound filled me with sadness. "Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents", William Beckford.
  • The little army was not sullen now. "The Short Line War", Merwin-Webster.
  • A flash of sullen rage illumined for a moment the face of the cattle dealer. "A Village of Vagabonds", F. Berkeley Smith.
  • " The lives of traitors" was the sullen answer. "The Red Rover", James Fenimore Cooper.

Word of the day

Neuter
Part of Speech: Adjective

In grammar, neither masculine nor feminine in gender; in biology, having no sex; as, neuter bees.

more