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a sullen sky
Definition
darkened by clouds; or the color of a gloomy sky
- Beyond the edge of the fields the sullen haze hung over earth and sky alike.
sullen = gloomy (dark and unpleasant looking)
- They stood watching the pale gray flakes sift down out of the sullen murk.
- A tall gantry crane against the sullen sky.
- The open sky beyond where in the distance the sullen sea lagged and shifted.
sullen = gloomy (with little sunlight)
sullen = gloomy (without much sunshine)
sullen = darkened by clouds
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- Scrawny, sullen, bearded, filthy.
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