sullen

2 definitions • 4 examples

angry and unwilling to smile or be pleasant to people:

His daughters stared back at him with an expression of sullen resentment.

literary She looked up at the sullen (= dark and unpleasant) sky and shuddered.

silent and unpleasant:

They stared at him with an expression of sullen dislike.

fig. The skies looked very sullen (= dark and unpleasant).