sullen

[US]/ˈsʌlən/
[UK]/ˈsʌlən/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. sombrío y moroso; mostrando un humor oscuro y melancólico

Phrases & Collocations

sullen expression

expresión hosca

remain sullen

permanecer hosco

sullen mood

ánimo hosco

Example Sentences

a boy of sullen humor.

un chico de mal humor.

the sullen current of a canal.

la sombría corriente de un canal.

Karen had withdrawn into sullen silence.

Karen se había retirado en un silencio hosco.

rivers in sullen, perpetual flood.

ríos en un crecido perpetuo y sombrío.

I was served by a sullen-faced youth.

Fui atendido por un joven de rostro hosco.

He looked up at the sullen sky.

Él miró hacia arriba al cielo hosco.

The sullen girl refused to answer her mother's questions.

La chica hosca se negó a responder las preguntas de su madre.

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