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- Dictionarysullen/ˈsʌlən/
adjective
- 1. bad-tempered and sulky: "a sullen pout"
noun
- 1. a sulky or depressed mood. archaic
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The meaning of SULLEN is gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed. How to use sullen in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Sullen.
angry and unwilling to smile or be pleasant to people: His daughters stared back at him with an expression of sullen resentment. literary She looked up at the sullen (= dark and unpleasant) sky and shuddered. Synonym. morose. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Not being friendly. abrasively. abrasiveness. abruptly. abruptness. aloof.
Someone who is sullen is bad-tempered and does not speak much. The offenders lapsed into a sullen silence. Many of them remained sullen and resentful. Synonyms: morose, cross, moody, sour More Synonyms of sullen.
A bad-tempered or gloomy person is sullen. Sullen people are down in the dumps. If someone is dark, dour, glum, moody, morose, or sour, they're also sullen. Teenagers are often described as sullen, especially when they're being grumpy and silent.
angry and unwilling to smile or be pleasant to people: His daughters stared back at him with an expression of sullen resentment. literary She looked up at the sullen (= dark and unpleasant) sky and shuddered. Synonym. morose. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Not being friendly. abrasively. abrasiveness. abruptly. abruptness. aloof.
1. showing irritation or ill humor by a gloomy silence or reserve. 2. persistently and silently ill-humored; morose. 3. indicative of gloomy ill humor. 4. gloomy or dismal, as weather or a sound.
Of persons, or their attributes, behaviour, etc.: sullen, gloomy, sour-tempered, unsocial. sullen 1570– Of persons, their attributes, aspect, actions: Characterized by, or indicative of, gloomy ill-humour or moody silence.
