Both Uses
sullen
in
The Sun Also Rises
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- We sat and drank it, and the girl looked sullen.
Book 1.3 *sullen = showing a gloomy or bad mood
- I rang again and a maid with a sullen face opened the door.†
Book 3.19
Definitions:
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(sullen as in: a sullen mood) being unhappy (and often withdrawn)
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(sullen as in: a sullen sky) darkened by clouds; or the color of a gloomy sky
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(sullen as in: sullen heat) unpleasant
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(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.