Sullen

GRE 蓝宝 Barron

[编辑] 解释

adjective

Etymology: Middle English solein solitary, from Anglo-French sulein, solain, perhaps from sol, soul single, sole + -ain after Old French soltain solitary, private, from Late Latin solitaneus, ultimately from Latin solus alone
Date: 14th century
1.
- a. gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed <a sullen crowd>
- b. suggesting a sullen state ; lowering <a sullen countenance>
2. dull or somber in sound or color
3. dismal, gloomy <a sullen morning>
4. moving sluggishly <a sullen river>
? sullenly adverb
? sullenness noun
Synonyms:
- sullen, glum, morose, surly, sulky, crabbed, saturnine, gloomy mean showing a forbidding or disagreeable mood. sullen implies a silent ill humor and a refusal to be sociable <remained sullen amid the festivities>. glum suggests a silent dispiritedness<a glum candidate left to ponder a stunning defeat>. morose adds to glum an element of bitterness or misanthropy<morose job seekers who are inured to rejection>. surly implies gruffness and sullenness of speech or manner<a typical surly teenager>. sulky suggests childish resentment expressed in peevish sullenness<grew sulky after every spat>. crabbed applies to a forbidding morose harshness of manner<the school's notoriously crabbed headmaster>. saturnine describes a heavy forbidding aspect or suggests a bitter disposition<a saturnine cynic always finding fault>. gloomy implies a depression in mood making for seeming sullenness or glumness<a gloomy mood ushered in by bad news>.