Sullen /(?)/
Sul·len
Sullen
a.
- Lonely; solitary; desolate. [Obs.]
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Gloomy; dismal; foreboding.
Solemn hymns so sullen dirges change.
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Mischievous; malignant; unpropitious.
Such sullen planets at my birth did shine.
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Gloomily angry and silent; cross; sour; affected with ill humor; morose.
And sullen I forsook the imperfect feast.
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Obstinate; intractable.
Things are as sullen as we are.
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Heavy; dull; sluggish.
No cheerful breeze this sullen region knows; The dreaded east is all the wind that blows.
Sullen
n.
- One who is solitary, or lives alone; a hermit. [Obs.]
- Sullen feelings or manners; sulks; moroseness; as, to have the sullens. [Obs.]
Sullen
v. t.
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To make sullen or sluggish. [Obs.]
Sullens the whole body with . . . laziness.