sullenとは

発音

• enPR: sŭl'ən
• 韻: -ʌlən

形容詞

sullen (comparative sullener, superlative sullenest)

1. Having a brooding ill temper; sulky.
   • Prior

     And sullen I forsook the imperfect feast.

2. Gloomy; dismal; foreboding.
   • 1593, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, IV. v. 88:

     Our solemn hymns to sullen dirges change;

   • 1671, John Milton, “Book the First”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: Printed by J. M[acock] for John Starkey […], OCLC 228732398, lines 497–502, page 27:

     He added not; and Satan bowing low / His gray diſſimulation, diſappear'd / Into thin Air diffuſ'd: for now began / Night with her ſullen wing to double-ſhade / The Deſert; Fowls in thir clay neſts were couch't; / And now wild Beaſts came forth the woods to roam.

3. Sluggish; slow.
   • Sir Walter Scott

     The larger stream was placid, and even sullen, in its course.

4. (obsolete) Lonely; solitary; desolate.
5. (obsolete) Mischievous; malignant; unpropitious.
   • Dryden

     Such sullen planets at my birth did shine.

6. (obsolete) Obstinate; intractable.
   • Tillotson

     Things are as sullen as we are.

同意語

• sulky, morose

反意語

• cheerful
• content
• lighthearted
• pleased

名詞

sullen (複数形 sullens)

1. (obsolete) One who is solitary, or lives alone; a hermit.

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2. (in the plural) Sullen feelings or manners; sulks; moroseness.

   to have the sullens

   • 1593, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of King Richard the Second, II. i. 139:

     And let them die that age and sullens have;

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