прилагательное 1) замкнутый, сердитый, угрюмый Синоним(ы): morose, gloomy 2) печальный, мрачный; зловещий; гнетущий Например: sullen autumn rain — печальный осенний дождь Синоним(ы): dark, obscure, lowering 3) приглушённый, низкий, печальный (о звуке) 4) [поэтическое] медленно текущий (о ручье и т. п.) 5) тёмный, мрачный, тусклый (о цвете)
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 1. a. gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed Example: a sullen crowd b. suggesting a sullen state; lowering Example: a sullen countenance 2. dull or somber in sound or color 3. dismal, gloomy Example: a sullen morning 4. moving sluggishly Example: a sullen river • sullenly adverb • sullenness noun Synonyms: sullen, glum, morose, surly, sulky, crabbed, saturnine, gloomy mean showing a forbidding or disagreeable mood. sullen implies a silent ill humor and a refusal to be sociable Example: remained sullen amid the festivities. glum suggests a silent dispiritedness Example: a glum candidate left to ponder a stunning defeat. morose adds to glum an element of bitterness or misanthropy Example: morose job seekers who are inured to rejection. surly implies gruffness and sullenness of speech or manner Example: a typical surly teenager. sulky suggests childish resentment expressed in peevish sullenness Example: grew sulky after every spat. crabbed applies to a forbidding morose harshness of manner Example: the school's notoriously crabbed headmaster. saturnine describes a heavy forbidding aspect or suggests a bitter disposition Example: a saturnine cynic always finding fault. gloomy implies a depression in mood making for seeming sullenness or glumness Example: a gloomy mood ushered in by bad news.