sullen
To make sullenTo make sullen.
» He became sullen and grumpy over time.
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1 senses(obsolete)To make sullen.
Examples
7 sentencesHe became sullen and grumpy over time.
She had a sullen look on her face.
ruУ нее было сердитое выражение лица. — kukla
deSie blickte verdrossen drein. — Yorwba
Rodrigo became very sullen.
He is very sullen now.
deEr ist gerade sehr missmutig. — Dani6187
He's just another sullen teenager.
deEr ist einfach nur ein weiterer griesgrämiger Teenager. — dispy
Origin
From Middle English soleyn, from Anglo-Norman soleyn (“alone”), from Old French sole (“sinFrom Middle English soleyn, from Anglo-Norman soleyn (“alone”), from Old French sole (“single, sole, alone”), from Latin sōlus (“by oneself alone”). The change in meaning from "single" to morose occurred in Middle English.
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Forms
sullens, sullening, sullened, sullenedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.