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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, (