sullen

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

morose

maussade

sombre

renfrogné

morne

lugubre

mélancolique

lent

lourd

quinteux

âcre

offensé

amer

âpre

astringent

austère

bougon

désagréable

grognon

Opposé de

cheerful, content, lighthearted, pleased

Synonymes

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

Traductions

gemelijk

mürrisch

nors

zuur

aalwarig

aalwaardig

somber

stuurs

honds

rude

cupo

unfreundlich

unwirsch

brusco

düster

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈsʌlən/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: 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.