sullen

Significat (Anglès)

Adj

1. Having a brooding ill temper; sulky.
2. Gloomy; dismal; foreboding.
3. Sluggish; slow.
4. (obsolete) Mischievous; malignant; unpropitious.
5. (obsolete) Obstinate; intractable.

Noun

1. (archaic) One who is solitary, or lives alone; a hermit.
2. (in-plural) Sullen feelings or manners; sulks; moroseness.

Verb

To make sullen.

Conceptes

taciturn

fosc

adust

carregat

esquerp

auster

retret

lúgubre

agre

sorrut

Oposat a

cheerful, content, lighthearted, pleased

Sinònims

morose

gloomy

sulky

glum

surly

moody

dark

sour

dour

dull

bleak

lowering

saturnine

sad

☹️

dismal

serious

cross

rough

unkind

unpleasant

brutal

harsh

disagreeable

grumpy

gruff

glowering

somber

dreary

peevish

angry

😠

cheerless

mirthless

offended

joyless

ill-tempered

depressed

grim

threatening

shy

silent

🔇

crabbed

pout

😡

gaunt

frowning

😦

pettish

miserable

lugubrious

melancholic

irascible

melancholy

Traduccions

morose

maussade

gemelijk

nors

mürrisch

aalwarig

sombre

aalwaardig

somber

stuurs

zuur

düster

cupo

rude

bars

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈsʌlən/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: solein

In summary

From Middle English soleyn, from Anglo-Norman soleyn (“alone”), from Old French sole (“single, sole, alone”), from Latin sōlus (“by oneself alone”). The change in meaning from "single" to morose occurred in Middle English.