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French fr. LL. solanus solitary, fr. L. solus alone. See 1. Lonely; solitary; desolate. Wyclif . 2. Gloomy; dismal; foreboding. Milton. Solemn hymns so sullen dirges change. Shak. 3. Mischievous; malignant; unpropitious. Such sullen planets

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French fr. LL. solanus solitary, fr. L. solus alone. See 1. Lonely; solitary; desolate. Wyclif . 2. Gloomy; dismal; foreboding. Milton. Solemn hymns so sullen dirges change. Shak. 3. Mischievous; malignant; unpropitious. Such sullen planets at my birth did shine. Dryden. 4. Gloomily angry and silent; cross; sour; affected with ill humor; morose. And sullen I forsook the imperfect feast. Prior. 5. Obstinate; intractable. Things are as sullen as we are. Tillotson. 6. Heavy; dull; sluggish. "The larger stream was placid, and even sullen, in its course." Sir W. Scott. Syn. -- Sulky; sour; cross; ill-natured; morose; peevish; fretful; ill- humored; petulant; gloomy; malign; intractable. -- Sullen, Sulky. Both sullen and sulky show themselves in the demeanor. Sullenness seems to be an habitual sulkiness, and sulkiness a temporary sullenness. The former may be an innate disposition; the latter, a disposition occasioned by recent injury. Thus we are in a sullen mood, and in a sulky fit. No cheerful breeze this sullen region knows; The dreaded east is all the wind that blows. Pope. -- Sul"len*ly, adv. -- Sul"len*ness, n.

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