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Sullen Common

Sullen has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

One who is solitary, or lives alone; a hermit.

Adjective
1

showing a brooding ill humor

"a dark scowl"

"the proverbially dour New England Puritan"

"a glum, hopeless shrug"

"he sat in moody silence"

"a morose and unsociable manner"

"a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"

"a sour temper"

"a sullen crowd"

2

darkened by clouds

"a heavy sky"

3

Having a brooding ill temper; sulky.

Example Sentences
"a dark scowl" adjective
"the proverbially dour New England Puritan" adjective
"a glum, hopeless shrug" adjective
"he sat in moody silence" adjective
"a morose and unsociable manner" adjective
"a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius" adjective
"a sour temper" adjective
"a sullen crowd" adjective
"a heavy sky" adjective
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Rhyming Words
len alen glen elen kylen arlen solen bolen ellen allen selen helen belen ablen valen aalen dalen palen kalen halen
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