Both Uses of
sullen
in
The Taming of the Shrew
- 'twas told me you were rough, and coy, and sullen, And now I find report a very liar; For thou art pleasant, gamesome, passing courteous, But slow in speech, yet sweet as spring-time flowers.†
Scene 2.1 *
- Such duty as the subject owes the prince, Even such a woman oweth to her husband; And when she is froward, peevish, sullen, sour, And not obedient to his honest will, What is she but a foul contending rebel And graceless traitor to her loving lord?†
Scene 5.2
Definition:
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(sullen as in: a sullen mood) being unhappy (and often withdrawn)