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   Sul·len

   /ˈsələn/

   

   adjective

   • 1. bad-tempered and sulky; gloomy: "a sullen pout"
   • ▪ (of the sky) full of dark clouds: "a sullen sunless sky"

   noun

   • 1. a sulky or depressed mood. archaic

   Word Origin Middle English (in the senses ‘solitary, averse to company’, and ‘unusual’): from Anglo-Norman French sulein, from sol ‘sole’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. sullenly adverb
   • 2. sullenness noun

   Scrabble Points: 6

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