All 4 Uses of
sullen
in
Brave New World
- He pointed to the sullen young savage.
p. 105..9sullen = unhappy and withdrawn
- Her feeling was evidently reciprocated; the very back of the man, as he walked along before them, was hostile, sullenly contemptuous.
p. 108..1sullenly = in an unhappy and withdrawn manner
- The insults bounced off their carapace of thick stupidity; they stared at him with a blank expression of dull and sullen resentment in their eyes.
p. 212..9sullen = unhappy
- He had been prepared to lie, to bluster, to remain sullenly unresponsive; but, reassured by the good-humoured intelligence of the Controller's face, he decided to tell the truth, straightforwardly.
p. 218..4 *sullenly = in a withdrawn manner (non-communicative)
Definition:
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(sullen as in: a sullen mood) being unhappy (and often withdrawn)