Definitions | sullen |
| adjective
- having a brooding ill temper; sulky.
- dismal; somber.
- sluggish; slow.
Translations: - Dutch: traag
(trans-mid)
- French: lent
(trans-bottom)
;to be checked
Etymology: Middle English solein, from Anglo-Norman solein ("alone"), from sol ("single"), from Latin solus, sÅlus ("by oneself alone"). The change in meaning from "single" to morose occurred in Middle English.
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