Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - sullen
Sullen
sullen
adj. & n. --adj. 1 morose, resentful, sulky, unforgiving, unsociable. 2 a (of a thing) slow-moving. b dismal, melancholy (a sullen sky). --n. (in pl., usu. prec. by the) archaic a sullen frame of mind; depression. Derivatives sullenly adv. sullenness n. Etymology: 16th-c. alt. of ME solein f. AF f. sol SOLE(3)
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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. gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed , suggesting a ~ state ; lowering , dull or somber in sound or color, dismal, gloomy , moving sluggishly , ~ly adverb ~ness noun Synonyms: see: ~ ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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