Meaning of sullen | Babel Free
ˈsʌlənDefinitions
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One who is solitary, or lives alone; a hermit. archaic
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Sullen feelings or manners; sulks; moroseness. in-plural
Equivalents
العربية
متجهم
Deutsch
Düster
fade
finster
grämlich
griesgrämig
jämmerlich
kläglich
Lahm
miserabel
mißmutig
mürrisch
sauer
schlecht gelaunt
Trage
traurig
trist
trostlos
trüb
trübe
trübselig
trübsinnig
übellaunig
unfreundlich
unzufrieden
verdrießlich
zäh
Gaeilge
doicheallach
Հայերեն
մռայլ
Examples
“He sit neither with seint Johan, / Symond ne Jude, / Ne with maydenes ne with martires, / Confessours ne wydewes; / But by hymself as a soleyn, / And served on erthe.”
“And let them die that age and sullens have;”
“If she be not sick of the sullens, I see not the least infirmity in her.”
“[M]y brother […] charged my desire of being excused coming down to sullens, because a certain person had been spoken against, upon whom, as he supposed, my fancy ran.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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