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sullen
What does sullen mean?
sullen (adjective): showing a brooding ill humor.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use sullen in a sentence?
- He is very sullen now. (Tatoeba sentence #296457 by rul, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce sullen?
/ˈsʌlən/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does sullen come from?
From Middle English soleyn, from Anglo-Norman soleyn (“alone”), from Old French sole (“single, sole, alone”), from Latin sōlus (“by oneself alone”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of sullen?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “sullen” mean?
every second one of a series
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filled with a great quantity
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done on purpose; intentional
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showing a brooding ill humor
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Which word is closest in meaning to “sullen”?
nasty
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naval
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moody
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loyal
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