All 4 Uses of
sullen
in
Brave New World
- 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p. 108.1sullenly = in an unhappy and withdrawn manner
- 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p. 218.4 *sullenly = in a withdrawn manner (non-communicative)
- He pointed to the sullen young savage.†
p. 105.9
- 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. 212.9
Definitions:
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(1)
(sullen as in: a sullen mood) being unhappy (and often withdrawn)
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(2)
(sullen as in: a sullen sky) darkened by clouds; or the color of a gloomy sky
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(3)
(sullen as in: sullen heat) unpleasant
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(4)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Sullen can also be used figuratively. For example, "A sullen economic landscape" is one that does not look hopeful.