SULLEN

adjective Etymology: Middle English solein solitary, from Anglo-French sulein, solain, perhaps from sol, soul single, sole + -ain after Old French soltain solitary, private, from Late Latin solitaneus, ultimately from Latin solus alone Date: 14th century 1. gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed , suggesting a ~ state ; lowering , dull or somber in sound or color, dismal , gloomy , moving sluggishly , ~ly adverb ~ness noun Synonyms: see: ~