All 5 Uses of
sullen
in
The Return of the King
- The old man's flat face and dark eyes showed nothing, but his voice was sullen with displeasure.†
Chpt 5.5 *
- The wind blew, and the trumpets sang, and arrows whined; but the sun now climbing towards the South was veiled in the reeks of Mordor, and through a threatening haze it gleamed, remote, a sullen red, as if it were the ending of the day, or the end maybe of all the world of light.†
Chpt 5.10
- The vast vapours that arose in Mordor and went streaming westward passed low overhead, a great welter of cloud and smoke now lit again beneath with a sullen glow of red.†
Chpt 6.1
- The stair was dark, but on the roof-top the glare of the Mountain could still be seen, though it was dying down now to a sullen red.†
Chpt 6.1
- The sullen shrivelled leaves of a past year hung on them, grating and rattling in the sad airs, but their maggot-ridden buds were only just opening.†
Chpt 6.2
Definition:
-
(sullen as in: a sullen mood) being unhappy (and often withdrawn)