单词 | sullen |
释义 | sullen —sullenly, adv. —sullenness, n. /sul"euhn/, adj. 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. 5. sluggish, as a stream. 6. Obs. malignant, as planets or influences. [1565-75; earlier solein, ME < ?] Syn. 1. See cross. 1, 2. See glum. 2. sulky, moody, sour, bad-tempered. 4. cheerless, clouded, overcast, somber, mournful, dark. 5. slow, stagnant. Ant. 1, 2. cheerful. |
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