sullen

Words with a similar base: sullen

'sullen'

[dark.s.04] as in: showing a brooding ill humor; ; ; ; ; ; - Bruce Bliven

Examples:
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

'sullen'

[heavy.s.03] as in: darkened by clouds

Examples:
a heavy sky

Origins

					sullen (English)
└── solein (Middle English (1100-1500))
    └── solein (Anglo-Norman)
        └── sole (Anglo-Norman)
            └── solus (Latin)

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