a. 愠怒的, 沉闷的, 阴沉的

Sullen \Sul"len\, a. [OE. solein, solain, lonely, sullen;
through Old French fr. (assumed) LL. solanus solitary, fr. L.
solus alone. See {Sole}, a.]
1. Lonely; solitary; desolate. [Obs.] --Wyclif (Job iii. 14).

2. Gloomy; dismal; foreboding. --Milton.

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 sullen I forsook the imperfect feast. --Prior.

5. Obstinate; intractable.

Things are as sullen as we are. --Tillotson.

6. Heavy; dull; sluggish. ``The larger stream was placid, and
even sullen, in its course.'' --Sir W. Scott.

Syn: Sulky; sour; cross; ill-natured; morose; peevish;
fretful; ill-humored; petulant; gloomy; malign;
intractable.

Usage: {Sullen}, {Sulky}. Both sullen and sulky show
themselves in the demeanor. Sullenness seems to be an
habitual sulkiness, and sulkiness a temporary
sullenness. The former may be an innate disposition;
the latter, a disposition occasioned by recent injury.
Thus we are in a sullen mood, and in a sulky fit.

No cheerful breeze this sullen region knows;
The dreaded east is all the wind that blows.
--Pope.
※ -- {Sul"len*ly}, adv. --
{Sul"len*ness}, n.


Sullen \Sul"len\, n.
1. One who is solitary, or lives alone; a hermit. [Obs.]
--Piers Plowman.

2. pl. Sullen feelings or manners; sulks; moroseness; as, to
have the sullens. [Obs.] --Shak.


Sullen \Sul"len\, v. t.
To make sullen or sluggish. [Obs.]

Sullens the whole body with . . . laziness. --Feltham.