Both Uses of
sullen
in
Frankenstein
- She was the living spirit of love to soften and attract; I might have become sullen in my study, rought through the ardour of my nature, but that she was there to subdue me to a semblance of her own gentleness.
Chpt 2 *sullen = unhappy and withdrawn
- Sometimes I could cope with the sullen despair that overwhelmed me, but sometimes the whirlwind passions of my soul drove me to seek, by bodily exercise and by change of place, some relief from my intolerable sensations.
Chpt 9sullen = unhappy or gloomy
Definition:
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(sullen as in: a sullen mood) being unhappy (and often withdrawn)