All 22 Uses
sullen
in
A Storm of Swords
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- "Bran," he said sullenly.
p. 126.8sullenly = in an unhappy manner
- Tyrion tried to speak of other things, but he met a wall of sullen courtesy as icy and unyielding as the Wall he'd once walked in the north.
p. 171.1 *sullen = unhappy and withdrawn
- Was it Mormont she was angry with, or this city with its sullen heat, its stinks and sweats and crumbling bricks?
p. 326.5 *sullen = unpleasant
- The big iron brazier was glowing red, filling the room with a sullen suffocating heat.
p. 653.3
- The lad raised the crossbow to his shoulder, gave them one last sullen look, and vanished into the cellar.†
p. 148.8
- "I'll ride peaceful," she said sullenly.†
p. 235.9
- A naked boy with peeling skin sat in a dry brick gutter, picking his nose and staring sullenly at some ants in the street.†
p. 322.9
- Beside him a prisoner sat sullen, with coils of hempen rope tight around his wrists.†
p. 404.4
- Gaunt men and haggard women crowded around every wagon and stall, while others even more ragged looked on sullenly from the mouths of alleys.†
p. 428.6
- It seemed to Sam that Karl broke first, and was about to sit, though sullenly ... ...but Craster stood, and his axe was in his hand.†
p. 456.7
- The Hound moved to his right, but Dondarrion blocked him with a quick sidestep and drove him back the other way ...toward the sullen red blaze of the firepit.†
p. 470.3
- A mummer tree, Arya thought as she watched them dangle, their pale skins painted a sullen red by the flames of the burning septry.†
p. 533.8
- Rain washed the steel, and the firelight traced a sullen orange line along the edge.†
p. 566.3
- Valar morghulis, she thought sullenly.†
p. 656.1
- A foul stench assailed her nose, but she paid it no more mind than she did the sullen ceaseless pounding of that drum, boom doom boom doom boom doom.†
p. 704.1
- The only head that need concern you is Margaery Tyrell's maidenhead " Joffrey had that sullen, sulky look he got.†
p. 715.8
- Gently, he spoke of Braavos, and met a wall of sullen courtesy as icy and unyielding as the Wall he had walked once in the north.†
p. 813.8
- That much Brienne could do, but her sullen silences soon began to fray his good humor almost as much as Qyburn's endless attempts to be ingratiating.†
p. 844.6
- The lantern bathed the grisly scene in a sullen reddish light.†
p. 880.6
- "My brother," he said sullenly.†
p. 923.4
- Clegane would grunt from time to time, and once Tyrion heard him mutter a curse, but otherwise he fought in a sullen silence.†
p. 972.5
- The coals in the beast's yawning mouth had burnt down to embers, but they still glowed with a sullen orange light.†
p. 1068.7
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) Sullen can also be used figuratively. For example, "A sullen economic landscape" is one that does not look hopeful.