sullen
sul.len \'s*l-*n\ \'s*l-*n-n*s\ aj [ME solain sullen, solitary, prob. fr.
(assumed) MF, fr. L solus al]one 1a: gloomily or resentfully silent or
repressed 1b: suggesting a sullen state : LOWERING 2: dull or somber in
sound or color 3: DISMAL, GLOOMY 4: moving sluggishlyMSATURNINE, GLOOMY:
SULLEN implies a silent ill humor and a refusal to be sociable; GLUM
suggests a silent dispiritedness: MOROSE adds to GLUM an element of
bitterness or misanthropy; SURLY implies gruffness and sullenness of speech
or manner; SULKY suggests childish resentment expressed in peevish
sullenness; CRABBED applies to a forbidding morose harshness of manner;
SATURNINE describes a heavy forbidding aspect or suggests a bitter
disposition; GLOOMY implies a depression in mood making for seeming
sullenness or glumness - sul.len.ly av SYN syn GLUM, MOROSE, SURLY, SULKY,
CRABBED, (