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sullenness|ˈsʌlənnɪs|
Also 7 solennesse, sulliness, 8 sulleness.
[f. sullen a. + -ness.]
1. The condition or quality of being sullen in behaviour, aspect, or temper. Also, an instance of this.
a1586Sidney Arcadia iii. (1912) 379 Fearing least silence would offend her sullennes. 1644Milton Educ. Wks. 1851 IV. 392 When the air is calm and pleasant, it were an injury and sullenness against nature not to go out. 1663Patrick Parab. Pilgr. xxxii. (1687) 399 His seriousness gives no disgust, his silence is without sullenness. a1721Prior Cromwell & his Porter 20 Wks. 1907 II. 262 By..the sulleness of his brow it should be my old Porter. 1784Cook's 3rd Voy. i. viii. I. 154 The countenance..has..sometimes a sullenness or reserve. 1825Scott Betrothed iii, They are..a mixed breed, having much of your German sullenness. 1879Froude Cæsar xiv. 205 After a few vicious efforts, they subsided into sullenness.
†2. Slowness, reluctance. Obs.
1619Lushington Resurrection i. (1659) 34 No removing of the Tombestone; that besides its weight & sullenness to give way, was rib'd and clasped down with Iron barrs and bonds.
3. Dismalness, gloom.
1885Pater Marius iv. xxiii, The long winter had been a season of unvarying sullenness. |