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sullenness

/suhl-uhn/US // ˈsʌl ən //UK // (ˈsʌlən) //

闷闷不乐,愠怒,闷骚,忧郁症

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : showing irritation or ill humor by a gloomy silence or reserve.
    • : persistently and silently ill-humored; morose.
    • : indicative of gloomy ill humor.
    • : gloomy or dismal, as weather or a sound.
    • : sluggish, as a stream.
    • : Obsolete. malignant, as planets or influences.

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Examples

  • There is yet a deeper problem for Ryan, and it may also be pushing him into this unusual sullenness.

  • He will feel sorry and awkward enough, without reproach, sullenness, or cold looks from you.

  • In his fits of resentful sullenness, he hinted an intention of retiring from the Court.

  • As for Laura, she continued in her sullenness, anticipating with resentment the assault about to be made upon her soul.

  • He remained perfectly silent, but I could see sullenness growing on his face.

  • "I knows what you wants, an' I knows I don' know nothin' 'tall 'bout it," she objected, her sullenness a patent defiance.