| slovo | definícia |
sullen
(encz) | sullen,mrzutý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
sullen
(encz) | sullen,podrážděný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Sullen
(gcide) | Sullen \Sul"len\, a. [OE. solein, solain, lonely, sullen;
through Old French fr. (assumed) LL. solanus solitary, fr. L.
solus alone. See Sole, a.]
1. Lonely; solitary; desolate. [Obs.] --Wyclif (Job iii. 14).
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2. Gloomy; dismal; foreboding. --Milton.
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Solemn hymns so sullen dirges change. --Shak.
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3. Mischievous; malignant; unpropitious.
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Such sullen planets at my birth did shine. --Dryden.
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4. Gloomily angry and silent; cross; sour; affected with ill
humor; morose.
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And sullen I forsook the imperfect feast. --Prior.
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5. Obstinate; intractable.
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Things are as sullen as we are. --Tillotson.
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6. Heavy; dull; sluggish. "The larger stream was placid, and
even sullen, in its course." --Sir W. Scott.
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Syn: Sulky; sour; cross; ill-natured; morose; peevish;
fretful; ill-humored; petulant; gloomy; malign;
intractable.
Usage: Sullen, Sulky. Both sullen and sulky show
themselves in the demeanor. Sullenness seems to be an
habitual sulkiness, and sulkiness a temporary
sullenness. The former may be an innate disposition;
the latter, a disposition occasioned by recent injury.
Thus we are in a sullen mood, and in a sulky fit.
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No cheerful breeze this sullen region knows;
The dreaded east is all the wind that blows.
--Pope.
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Sul"len*ness, n.
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Sullen
(gcide) | Sullen \Sul"len\, n.
1. One who is solitary, or lives alone; a hermit. [Obs.]
--Piers Plowman.
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2. pl. Sullen feelings or manners; sulks; moroseness; as, to
have the sullens. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Sullen
(gcide) | Sullen \Sul"len\, v. t.
To make sullen or sluggish. [Obs.]
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Sullens the whole body with . . . laziness. --Feltham.
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sullen
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adj 1: showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the
proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless
shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and
unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic
young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen
crowd" [syn: dark, dour, glowering, glum,
moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen]
2: darkened by clouds; "a heavy sky" [syn: heavy, lowering,
sullen, threatening] |
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sullen
(encz) | sullen,mrzutý adj: Zdeněk Brožsullen,podrážděný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
sullenly
(encz) | sullenly,mrzutě adv: Zdeněk Brožsullenly,rozmrzele adv: Zdeněk Brož |
sullenness
(encz) | sullenness,mrzutost n: Zdeněk Brožsullenness,podrážděnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
dour glowering glum moody morose saturnine sour sullen
(gcide) | Ill-natured \Ill`-na"tured\, a.
1. Of habitual bad temper; having an unpleasant disposition;
surly; disagreeable; cross; peevish; fractious; crabbed;
-- of people; as, an ill-natured person; an ill-natured
disagreeable old man. Opposite of good-natured.
[Narrower terms: {argumentative, contentious,
disputatious, disputative, litigious : {atrabilious,
bilious, dyspeptic, liverish : {bristly, prickly,
snappish, splenetic, waspish : {cantankerous, crotchety,
ornery : {choleric, irascible, hotheaded, hot-headed,
hot-tempered, quick-tempered, short-tempered : {crabbed,
crabby, cross, fussy, fussbudgety, grouchy, grumpy,
bad-tempered, ill-tempered}: {cranky, fractious,
irritable, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, testy,
tetchy, techy : {crusty, curmudgeonly, gruff, ill-humored,
ill-humoured}: {dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose,
saturnine, sour, sullen : {feisty, touchy : {huffish,
sulky}: {misanthropic, misanthropical : {misogynous :
shirty, snorty ill-tempered or annoyed): {shrewish,
nagging, vixenish : surly, ugly ] Also See: {unpleasant.
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2. Dictated by, or indicating, ill nature; spiteful. "The
ill-natured task refuse." --Addison.
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3. Intractable; not yielding to culture. [R.] "Ill-natured
land." --J. Philips.
3. not to one's liking; unpleasant; disagreeable. Opposite of
agreeable. [WordNet sense 2] [Narrower terms: {annoying,
galling, chafing, irritating, nettlesome, pesky,
pestiferous, pestilent, plaguy, plaguey, teasing,
vexatious, vexing}; {nerve-racking, nerve-wracking,
stressful, trying ]
Syn: disagreeable.
[WordNet 1.5] -- Ill`-na"tured*ly, adv. --
Ill`-na"tured*ness, n.
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Sullenly
(gcide) | Sullen \Sul"len\, a. [OE. solein, solain, lonely, sullen;
through Old French fr. (assumed) LL. solanus solitary, fr. L.
solus alone. See Sole, a.]
1. Lonely; solitary; desolate. [Obs.] --Wyclif (Job iii. 14).
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2. Gloomy; dismal; foreboding. --Milton.
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Solemn hymns so sullen dirges change. --Shak.
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3. Mischievous; malignant; unpropitious.
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Such sullen planets at my birth did shine. --Dryden.
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4. Gloomily angry and silent; cross; sour; affected with ill
humor; morose.
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And sullen I forsook the imperfect feast. --Prior.
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5. Obstinate; intractable.
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Things are as sullen as we are. --Tillotson.
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6. Heavy; dull; sluggish. "The larger stream was placid, and
even sullen, in its course." --Sir W. Scott.
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Syn: Sulky; sour; cross; ill-natured; morose; peevish;
fretful; ill-humored; petulant; gloomy; malign;
intractable.
Usage: Sullen, Sulky. Both sullen and sulky show
themselves in the demeanor. Sullenness seems to be an
habitual sulkiness, and sulkiness a temporary
sullenness. The former may be an innate disposition;
the latter, a disposition occasioned by recent injury.
Thus we are in a sullen mood, and in a sulky fit.
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No cheerful breeze this sullen region knows;
The dreaded east is all the wind that blows.
--Pope.
[1913 Webster] -- Sul"len*ly, adv. --
Sul"len*ness, n.
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Sullenness
(gcide) | Sullen \Sul"len\, a. [OE. solein, solain, lonely, sullen;
through Old French fr. (assumed) LL. solanus solitary, fr. L.
solus alone. See Sole, a.]
1. Lonely; solitary; desolate. [Obs.] --Wyclif (Job iii. 14).
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2. Gloomy; dismal; foreboding. --Milton.
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Solemn hymns so sullen dirges change. --Shak.
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3. Mischievous; malignant; unpropitious.
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Such sullen planets at my birth did shine. --Dryden.
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4. Gloomily angry and silent; cross; sour; affected with ill
humor; morose.
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And sullen I forsook the imperfect feast. --Prior.
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5. Obstinate; intractable.
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Things are as sullen as we are. --Tillotson.
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6. Heavy; dull; sluggish. "The larger stream was placid, and
even sullen, in its course." --Sir W. Scott.
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Syn: Sulky; sour; cross; ill-natured; morose; peevish;
fretful; ill-humored; petulant; gloomy; malign;
intractable.
Usage: Sullen, Sulky. Both sullen and sulky show
themselves in the demeanor. Sullenness seems to be an
habitual sulkiness, and sulkiness a temporary
sullenness. The former may be an innate disposition;
the latter, a disposition occasioned by recent injury.
Thus we are in a sullen mood, and in a sulky fit.
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No cheerful breeze this sullen region knows;
The dreaded east is all the wind that blows.
--Pope.
[1913 Webster] -- Sul"len*ly, adv. --
Sul"len*ness, n.
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sullen
(wn) | sullen
adj 1: showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the
proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless
shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and
unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic
young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen
crowd" [syn: dark, dour, glowering, glum,
moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen]
2: darkened by clouds; "a heavy sky" [syn: heavy, lowering,
sullen, threatening] |
sullenly
(wn) | sullenly
adv 1: in a sullen manner; "he sat in his chair dourly" [syn:
dourly, sullenly, glumly] |
sullenness
(wn) | sullenness
n 1: a gloomy ill-tempered feeling [syn: moroseness,
glumness, sullenness]
2: a sullen moody resentful disposition [syn: sulkiness,
sullenness, moroseness, sourness] |
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