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    sullen - Dictionary definition and meaning for word sullen

    Definition
    (adj) showing a brooding ill humor
    Synonyms : dark , dour , glowering , glum , moody , morose , saturnine , sour
    Example Sentence
    • a dark scowl
    • the proverbially dour New England Puritan
    • a glum, hopeless shrug
    • he sat in moody silence
    • a morose and unsociable manner
    • a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius
    • a sour temper
    • a sullen crowd
    Definition
    (adj) darkened by clouds
    Synonyms : heavy , lowering , threatening
    Example Sentence
    • a heavy sky
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for sullen

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Your face is SWOLLEN ( by some insect bite ) and so you feel SULLEN

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sullen....sull..soul..sole..sole means alone...so a person who leaves alone.. doesnot hv any social contact..such a person always lives in anxiety and live a dark and lonly life....so he remains silent...and show a BROOding ILL HUMER...

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sull rhymes with dull.. sullen ~ dull n gloomy

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sullen..sull+en..SULLMAN.khan....who life is surrounded by dark clouds..after the recent verdict that he may have to live in JAIL FOR FEW YEARS becoz of his chinkara killing case.

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something like sullied. i.e., tarnished, darkened.

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