Sullen
WordNet

adjective


(1)   Darkened by clouds
"A heavy sky"
(2)   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"
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Etymology


Middle English solein, from Anglo-Norman solein ("alone"), from sol ("single"), from Latin sōlus ("by oneself alone"). The change in meaning from "single" to morose occurred in Middle English.

Adjective



  1. having a brooding ill temper; sulky.
  2. dismal; somber.
  3. sluggish; slow.
 
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