Look up: sullen


  1. Sullen
    Sul'len adjective [ Middle English solein , solain , lonely, sullen; through Old French from (assumed) Late Latin solanus solitary, from Latin solus alone. See Sole , adjective ] 1. Lo...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/235

  2. Sullen
    Sul'len noun 1. One who is solitary, or lives alone; a hermit. [ Obsolete] Piers Plowman. 2. plural Sullen feelings or manners; sulks; moroseness; as, to have the sullens . [ Obsolete] Shak.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/235

  3. Sullen
    Sul'len transitive verb To make sullen or sluggish. [ Obsolete] « Sullens the whole body with . . . laziness.» Feltham.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/235

  4. sullen
    1. Lonely; solitary; desolate. ... 2. Gloomy; dismal; foreboding. 'Solemn hymns so sullen dirges change.' (Shak) ... 3. Mischievous; malignant; unpropitious. 'Such sullen planets at my birth did shine.' (Dryden) ... 4. Gloomily angry and silent; cross; sour; affected with ill humor; morose. 'And sul...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?sullen

  5. Sullen
    • (a.) Obstinate; intractable. • (a.) Gloomily angry and silent; cross; sour; affected with ill humor; morose. • (n.) Sullen feelings or manners; sulks; moroseness; as, to have the sullens. • (a.) Mischievous; malignant; unpropitious. • (n.) One who is solitary, or lives alo...
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/sullen/

  6. sullen
    sullen 1. From Anglo-Norman sulein, 'alone', from sol, 'sole, single' which is the original English sense; from Latin solus. 2. Showing a bad temper or hostility by a refusal to talk, behave sociably, or cooperate cheerfully.
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1981/3

  7. Sullen
    Sulky, resentful, or withdrawn
    Found op http://www.gaitedhorses.net/Articles/HorseGlossary.html

  8. sullen
    1) Cross 2) Dark 3) Dour 4) Gloomy 5) Glowering 6) Glum 7) Ill-natured 8) Long-faced 9) Moody 10) Morose 11) Saturnine 12) Sour
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/sullen/1

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