sullen

«sullen» in Mova's school dictionary: quiet and bad-tempered, not wanting to talk or smile — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (sullen, sullener, sullenest)

meaning for a pupil

Sullen means quiet and bad-tempered, not wanting to talk or smile. tree →

sense in the lessons

a character who sulks, looks unhappy and refuses to be friendly

examples

• He gave a sullen look. tree →
• She was sullen all morning after the argument. tree →
• The sullen boy would not answer. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• And the king of Israel went to his house sullen and displeased, and came to Samaria.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «sullen» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.