sullen
/ˈsʌlən/ adjective C2- Having a brooding ill temper; sulky.
- Gloomy; dismal; foreboding. · a sullen atmosphere
- Sluggish; slow.
Comparative sullener · Superlative sullenest
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“My head is ringing like a bee tree,” said a sullen little voice over their heads, and Mowgli slid down a tree trunk very angry and indignant, adding as he reached the ground: “I come for Bagheera and not for thee, fat old Baloo!”
The older man seemed numbed and dazed with a heavy, sullen expression upon his strongly-marked face.
The fellow came forward with a somewhat sullen, defiant air, and put down his hands to assist.
The prisoner followed his guide, who led him into a room almost under ground, whose bare and reeking walls seemed as though impregnated with tears; a lamp placed on a stool illumined the apartment faintly, and showed Dantès the features of his conductor, an under-jailer, ill-clothed, and of sullen appearance.
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