英语词汇“sullenness”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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Economy got you down? Provocateur Ehrenreich … says: Don't try cheering yourself up. … Her sharp, funny critique finds that sunny types don't necessarily live longer or better than grumps. Besides, can you really get rid of all negativity in your life? "It is not so easy," she notes, "to abandon the whiny toddler or the sullen teenager."

Richard Eisenberg, People, 26 Oct. 2009 The skies grew sullen and the air chillier, but it wasn't until the third day that the snow came.

Bill Bryson, A Walk In The Woods, 1999 Despite angry alumni calls and sullen students protests—including the cancellation of all fraternity parties at the school's annual Winter Carnival—the faculty unanimously voted in favor of the college's goal to make fraternities and sororities substantially coed, along with developing new social alternatives for its 4,300 undergraduates.

Anita Hamilton, Time, 1 Mar. 1999 sullen skies that matched our mood on the day of the funeral sullen and bored at his in-laws' house, he couldn't wait for the holidays to end

Recent Examples on the Web Despite the sullen mood among venture capitalists, early-stage startups have some reason for optimism.

WIRED, 25 Aug. 2022 The blow is such that we're told a sullen Hamilton may or may not return for 2022.

Steven Cole Smith, Car and Driver, 21 Aug. 2022 At different points in the story, Dezi is either a passionate and vital contributor to an up-and-coming jazz combo or a sullen crank coping with a lot of pain.

Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2022 Another long-standing relationship was thus established: the sullen pride of salt-of-the-earth islanders rubbing up against the pretensions of summer folk.

Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper’s Magazine , 17 Aug. 2022 One was the sullen sky and swampy feel of humid late July.

Martin Weil, Washington Post, 30 July 2022 That was also a time of the sullen track superstar and an era marred by doping.

Eddie Pells, ajc, 17 July 2022 The right-hander was informed by manager Craig Counsell, and a visiting clubhouse that had been a sullen place suddenly erupted in cheers as the news quickly spread.

Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel, 17 July 2022 Multiple neighbors said Edwards didn’t appear sullen or defeated in the wake of the incident.

Stephanie Gosk, NBC News, 1 July 2022 See More

单词	sullenness
释义	sullen adjective sul·len ˈsə-lən 1 a : gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed a sullen crowd b : suggesting a sullen state : lowering a sullen countenance 2 : dull or somber in sound or color 3 : dismal, gloomy a sullen morning 4 : moving sluggishly a sullen river sullenly adverb sullenness ˈsə-lə(n)-nəs noun Synonyms black bleak cheerless chill Cimmerian cloudy cold comfortless dark darkening depressing depressive desolate dire disconsolate dismal drear dreary dreich [chiefly Scottish] elegiac elegiacal forlorn funereal gloomy glum godforsaken gray grey lonely lonesome lugubrious miserable morbid morose murky plutonian saturnine sepulchral solemn somber sombre sunless tenebrific tenebrous wretched See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Economy got you down? Provocateur Ehrenreich … says: Don't try cheering yourself up. … Her sharp, funny critique finds that sunny types don't necessarily live longer or better than grumps. Besides, can you really get rid of all negativity in your life? "It is not so easy," she notes, "to abandon the whiny toddler or the sullen teenager." Richard Eisenberg, People, 26 Oct. 2009 The skies grew sullen and the air chillier, but it wasn't until the third day that the snow came. Bill Bryson, A Walk In The Woods, 1999 Despite angry alumni calls and sullen students protests—including the cancellation of all fraternity parties at the school's annual Winter Carnival—the faculty unanimously voted in favor of the college's goal to make fraternities and sororities substantially coed, along with developing new social alternatives for its 4,300 undergraduates. Anita Hamilton, Time, 1 Mar. 1999 sullen skies that matched our mood on the day of the funeral sullen and bored at his in-laws' house, he couldn't wait for the holidays to end Recent Examples on the Web Despite the sullen mood among venture capitalists, early-stage startups have some reason for optimism. WIRED, 25 Aug. 2022 The blow is such that we're told a sullen Hamilton may or may not return for 2022. Steven Cole Smith, Car and Driver, 21 Aug. 2022 At different points in the story, Dezi is either a passionate and vital contributor to an up-and-coming jazz combo or a sullen crank coping with a lot of pain. Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2022 Another long-standing relationship was thus established: the sullen pride of salt-of-the-earth islanders rubbing up against the pretensions of summer folk. Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper’s Magazine , 17 Aug. 2022 One was the sullen sky and swampy feel of humid late July. Martin Weil, Washington Post, 30 July 2022 That was also a time of the sullen track superstar and an era marred by doping. Eddie Pells, ajc, 17 July 2022 The right-hander was informed by manager Craig Counsell, and a visiting clubhouse that had been a sullen place suddenly erupted in cheers as the news quickly spread. Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel, 17 July 2022 Multiple neighbors said Edwards didn’t appear sullen or defeated in the wake of the incident. Stephanie Gosk, NBC News, 1 July 2022 See More Word History 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 First Known Use 14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a Kids Definition sullen adjective sul·len ˈsə-lən 1 : not sociable : sulky Laura tried to cheer him up … but he only grew more sullen. Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House on the Prairie 2 : gloomy sense 1, dreary a sullen sky sullenness noun as in pouts a state of resentful silence or irritability her mother-in-law managed to dispel her sullenness with a gals-only shopping spree Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance pouts irritability sulkiness sulk blues dumps fretfulness pet snit irritableness sensitivity crossness surliness surliness petulance peevishness irascibility grouchiness disagreeableness grumpiness testiness crankiness perversity perverseness grouch orneriness cantankerousness querulousness mopes biliousness dyspepsia choler hump fantods waspishness pettishness fussiness huffiness oversensitiveness irascibleness crotchetiness Antonyms & Near Antonyms cheerfulness gayety gaiety lightheartedness friendliness perkiness affability geniality sociability pleasantness graciousness agreeableness sociality gladsomeness amicability cordiality amiability amiableness high-spiritedness amenity good-naturedness good-humoredness good-temperedness See More
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