Sullen Definition & Meaning
sullen
- adjective
- 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"
- darkened by clouds; "a heavy sky"
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- What does sullen mean?
- 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" darkened by clouds; "a heavy sky"
- What part of speech is sullen?
- Sullen is an adjective.
- How many definitions does sullen have?
- Sullen has 2 definitions across 1 part of speech (adjective).