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How to pronounce “sullen”
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- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of sullen with real speech in context.
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- Real speech example
- BikeSnobNYC
I entered into kind of a sullen phase in my life. And during this sullen phase, this is
- Definition summary
- Having a brooding ill temper; sulky.
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How to pronounce sullen
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I entered into kind of a sullen phase in my life. And during this sullen phase, this is
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “sullen”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Having a brooding ill temper; sulky.
- Gloomy; dismal; foreboding.
- Sluggish; slow.
- (obsolete) Mischievous; malignant; unpropitious.
- (obsolete) Obstinate; intractable.
- [Noun]
- (archaic) One who is solitary, or lives alone; a hermit.
- (in the plural) Sullen feelings or manners; sulks; moroseness.
- [Verb]
- (obsolete) To make sullen.
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