Definitions for Sullen
ˈsʌl ənsullen

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullenadjective

   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"

2. heavy, lowering, sullen, threateningadjective

   darkened by clouds

   "a heavy sky"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. sullenadjective

   Having a brooding ill temper; sulky.

2. sullenadjective

   Dismal; somber.

3. sullenadjective

   Sluggish; slow.

4. Etymology: solein, from solein, from sole), from solus. The change in meaning from "single" to morose occurred in Middle English.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SULLENadjective

   Etymology: Of this word the etymology is obscure.

   1. Gloomily angry; sluggishly discontented.

   Wilmot continued still sullen and perverse, and every day grew more insolent. Edward Hyde.

   A man in a jail is sullen and out of humour at his first coming in. Roger L'Estrange.

   Forc’d by my pride, I my concern suppress’d;
   Pretended drowsiness, and wish of rest;
   And sullen I forsook th’ imperfect feast. Matthew Prior.

   If we sit down sullen and inactive, in expectation that God should do all, we shall find ourselves miserably deceived. John Rogers.

   2. Mischievous; malignant.

   Such sullen planets at my birth did shine,
   They threaten every fortune mixt with mine. Dryden.

   The sullen fiend her sounding wings display’d,
   Unwilling left the night, and sought the nether shade. Dryd.

   3. Intractable; obstinate.

   Things are as sullen as we are, and will be what they are, whatever we think of them. John Tillotson, Sermons.

   4. Gloomy; dark; cloudy; dismal.

   Why are thine eyes fixt to the sullen earth,
   Gazing at that which seems to dim thy sight? William Shakespeare, H. VI.

   Night with her sullen wings to double shade,
   The desart fowls in their clay nests were couch’d,
   And now wild beasts came forth the woods to roam. John Milton.

   A glimpse of moon-shine, streak’d with red;
   A shuffled, sullen, and uncertain light,
   That dances through the clouds, and shuts again. Dryden.

   No cheerful breeze this sullen region knows;
   The dreaded East is all the wind that blows. Alexander Pope.

   5. Heavy; dull; sorrowful.

   Be thou the trumpet of our wrath,
   And sullen presage of your own decay. William Shakespeare, K. John.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sullen

   Sullen generally refers to a negative emotional state characterized by a gloomy, gloomy, or morose demeanor. It can depict a person who is quiet, sulky, or ill-humored, often due to disappointment, resentment, or refusal to interact socially. It can also describe an environment, atmosphere, or scene that is cheerless, dismal, or dark.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. Sullenadjective

   lonely; solitary; desolate

2. Sullenadjective

   gloomy; dismal; foreboding

3. Sullenadjective

   mischievous; malignant; unpropitious

4. Sullenadjective

   gloomily angry and silent; cross; sour; affected with ill humor; morose

5. Sullenadjective

   obstinate; intractable

6. Sullenadjective

   heavy; dull; sluggish

7. Sullennoun

   one who is solitary, or lives alone; a hermit

8. Sullennoun

   sullen feelings or manners; sulks; moroseness; as, to have the sullens

9. Sullenverb

   to make sullen or sluggish

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sullen

   sul′en, adj. gloomily angry and silent: malignant, baleful: dark: dull.—adv. Sull′enly.—n. Sull′enness.—n.pl. Sull′ens, sullen fits. [O. Fr. solain—L. solus, alone.]

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SULLEN

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Sullen is ranked #51830 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Sullen surname appeared 401 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Sullen.
   
   87.2% or 350 total occurrences were Black.
   9.9% or 40 total occurrences were White.
   1.7% or 7 total occurrences were of two or more races.

How to pronounce Sullen?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Sullen in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Sullen in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Sullen in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Sullen in a Sentence

1. Willa Cather, My Antonia:

   Winter lies too long in country towns; hangs on until it is stale and shabby, old and sullen.

2. Lotte Akiko Nielsen:

   He came across as a sullen, scary and Terminator-ish type.

3. Percy Bysshe Shelley:

   Rough wind, that moanest loudGrief too sad for songWild wind, when sullen cloudKnells all the night longSad storm, whose tears are vain,Bare woods, whose branches strain,Deep caves and dreary main, - Wail, for the world's wrong

4. Claude T. Bissell:

   I prefer complexity to certainty, cheerful mysteries to sullen facts.

5. Willa Cather:

   Winter lies too long in country towns hangs on until it is stale and shabby, old and sullen.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Sullen
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sullen
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Sullen
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Sullen
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Sullen
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html