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{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "cheerful"
},
{
"word": "content"
},
{
"word": "lighthearted"
},
{
"word": "pleased"
}
],
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},
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"name": "inh"
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{
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"4": "",
"5": "alone"
},
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{
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"5": "single, sole, alone"
},
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"4": "",
"5": "by oneself alone"
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}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English solein, from Anglo-Norman soleyn (“alone”), from Old French sole (“single, sole, alone”), from Latin sōlus (“by oneself alone”). The change in meaning from \"single\" to morose occurred in Middle English.",
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{
"form": "sullener",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "sullenest",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
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},
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}
],
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:sullen",
"word": "sad"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"sul‧len"
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
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{
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"word": "peevish"
}
],
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{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1709, Matthew Prior, Pleasure",
"text": "And sullen I forsook the imperfect feast.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"text": "2007, Steven Wilson, \"Normal\", Porcupine Tree, Nil Recurring.\nSullen and bored the kids stay / And in this way wish away each day",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"Having a brooding ill temper; sulky."
],
"id": "en-sullen-en-adj-GyGbWlAC",
"links": [
[
"temper",
"temper"
],
[
"sulky",
"sulky"
]
],
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{
"_dis1": "84 4 2 4 3 3",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "xožoṙ",
"sense": "having a brooding ill temper",
"word": "խոժոռ"
},
{
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"code": "bg",
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"roman": "mračen",
"sense": "having a brooding ill temper",
"word": "мрачен"
},
{
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"roman": "navǎsen",
"sense": "having a brooding ill temper",
"word": "навъсен"
},
{
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"code": "ca",
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"sense": "having a brooding ill temper",
"word": "esquerp"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 4 2 4 3 3",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "having a brooding ill temper",
"word": "sorrut"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 4 2 4 3 3",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "having a brooding ill temper",
"word": "malhumorat"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 4 2 4 3 3",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "having a brooding ill temper",
"word": "vrangvillig"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 4 2 4 3 3",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "having a brooding ill temper",
"word": "mut"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 4 2 4 3 3",
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "having a brooding ill temper",
"word": "gemelijk"
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{
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "having a brooding ill temper",
"word": "nors"
},
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"_dis1": "84 4 2 4 3 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "having a brooding ill temper",
"word": "nyreä"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 4 2 4 3 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "having a brooding ill temper",
"word": "yrmeä"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 4 2 4 3 3",
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "having a brooding ill temper",
"word": "ynseä"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 4 2 4 3 3",
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "having a brooding ill temper",
"word": "juro"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 4 2 4 3 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "having a brooding ill temper",
"word": "maussade"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 4 2 4 3 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "having a brooding ill temper",
"word": "morose"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 4 2 4 3 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "having a brooding ill temper",
"word": "túzaro"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 4 2 4 3 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "having a brooding ill temper",
"word": "mürrisch"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 4 2 4 3 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "having a brooding ill temper",
"word": "schlecht gelaunt"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 4 2 4 3 3",
"code": "de",
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"sense": "having a brooding ill temper",
"word": "sauer"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 4 2 4 3 3",
"code": "de",
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"sense": "having a brooding ill temper",
"word": "missmutig"
},
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"_dis1": "84 4 2 4 3 3",
"code": "de",
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"word": "übellaunig"
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{
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "having a brooding ill temper",
"word": "unfreundlich"
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"_dis1": "84 4 2 4 3 3",
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"word": "verdrießlich"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 4 2 4 3 3",
"code": "de",
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"word": "grämlich"
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"_dis1": "84 4 2 4 3 3",
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"sense": "having a brooding ill temper",
"word": "unzufrieden"
},
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"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "skuthrōpós",
"sense": "having a brooding ill temper",
"word": "σκυθρωπός"
},
{
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"code": "grc",
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"roman": "barúthumos",
"sense": "having a brooding ill temper",
"word": "βαρύθυμος"
},
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"_dis1": "84 4 2 4 3 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "having a brooding ill temper",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "afflitto"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 4 2 4 3 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "having a brooding ill temper",
"word": "astioso"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 4 2 4 3 3",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "girj",
"sense": "having a brooding ill temper",
"word": "گرژ"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 4 2 4 3 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "having a brooding ill temper",
"word": "whakamokeke"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 4 2 4 3 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "having a brooding ill temper",
"word": "haumaruru"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 4 2 4 3 3",
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "having a brooding ill temper",
"word": "tukumaru"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 4 2 4 3 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "having a brooding ill temper",
"word": "whakarikiriki"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 4 2 4 3 3",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "having a brooding ill temper",
"word": "prunsch"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 4 2 4 3 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "having a brooding ill temper",
"word": "carrancudo"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 4 2 4 3 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ugrjúmyj",
"sense": "having a brooding ill temper",
"word": "угрю́мый"
},
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"_dis1": "84 4 2 4 3 3",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "having a brooding ill temper",
"word": "gruamach"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 4 2 4 3 3",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "having a brooding ill temper",
"word": "мрзовољан"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 4 2 4 3 3",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "having a brooding ill temper",
"word": "mrzovoljan"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 4 2 4 3 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "having a brooding ill temper",
"word": "hosco"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 4 2 4 3 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "having a brooding ill temper",
"word": "huraño"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 4 2 4 3 3",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "having a brooding ill temper",
"word": "surmulen"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 4 2 4 3 3",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "having a brooding ill temper",
"word": "trumpen"
}
]
},
{
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{
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"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Emotions",
"orig": "en:Emotions",
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"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
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}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "a sullen atmosphere",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Gloomy; dismal; foreboding."
],
"id": "en-sullen-en-adj-0fS0Hk2~",
"links": [
[
"Gloomy",
"gloomy"
],
[
"dismal",
"dismal"
],
[
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"foreboding"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "1 92 1 3 1 1",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "mṙayl",
"sense": "dismal",
"word": "մռայլ"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 92 1 3 1 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zlovešt",
"sense": "dismal",
"word": "зловещ"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 92 1 3 1 1",
"code": "da",
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"sense": "dismal",
"word": "mørk"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 92 1 3 1 1",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "dismal",
"word": "dyster"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 92 1 3 1 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "dismal",
"word": "somber"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 92 1 3 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "dismal",
"word": "synkeä"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 92 1 3 1 1",
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "dismal",
"word": "morne"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 92 1 3 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "dismal",
"word": "düster"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 92 1 3 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "dismal",
"word": "traurig"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 92 1 3 1 1",
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"sense": "dismal",
"word": "finster"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 92 1 3 1 1",
"code": "de",
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"sense": "dismal",
"word": "trostlos"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 92 1 3 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "dismal",
"word": "trübselig"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 92 1 3 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "dismal",
"word": "fade"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 92 1 3 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "dismal",
"word": "trüb"
},
{
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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"word": "kläglich"
},
{
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"word": "trübe"
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{
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "dismal",
"word": "miserabel"
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{
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "dismal",
"word": "jämmerlich"
},
{
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"word": "trist"
},
{
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "dismal",
"word": "trübsinnig"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 92 1 3 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "dismal",
"word": "griesgrämig"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 92 1 3 1 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "dismal",
"word": "tetro"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 92 1 3 1 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "dismal",
"word": "cupo"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 92 1 3 1 1",
"code": "it",
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"sense": "dismal",
"word": "disarmante"
},
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"_dis1": "1 92 1 3 1 1",
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"sense": "dismal",
"word": "pōkē"
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"word": "pōkēkē"
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"word": "tukumaru"
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"sense": "dismal",
"word": "muggen"
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{
"_dis1": "1 92 1 3 1 1",
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"sense": "dismal",
"word": "utilfreds"
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{
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"sense": "dismal",
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"sense": "dismal",
"word": "sombrio"
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{
"_dis1": "1 92 1 3 1 1",
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"roman": "pečálʹnyj",
"sense": "dismal",
"word": "печа́льный"
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"code": "gd",
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"sense": "dismal",
"word": "gruamach"
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "dismal",
"word": "суморан"
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{
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"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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"word": "sumoran"
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"sense": "dismal",
"word": "sombrío"
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"Sluggish; slow."
],
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"_dis1": "2 5 75 4 6 7",
"code": "da",
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"sense": "sluggish",
"word": "treven"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 5 75 4 6 7",
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "sluggish",
"word": "traag"
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{
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"word": "lento"
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"sense": "sluggish",
"word": "träge"
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{
"_dis1": "2 5 75 4 6 7",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "sluggish",
"word": "lahm"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 5 75 4 6 7",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "sluggish",
"word": "zäh"
},
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"masculine"
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},
{
"_dis1": "2 5 75 4 6 7",
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"masculine"
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"word": "pigro"
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{
"_dis1": "2 5 75 4 6 7",
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"word": "lento"
},
{
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"word": "lento"
}
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"Lonely; solitary; desolate."
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"lonely"
],
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"(obsolete) Lonely; solitary; desolate."
],
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"Mischievous; malignant; unpropitious."
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"(obsolete) Mischievous; malignant; unpropitious."
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{
"ref": "a. 1694, John Tillotson, Imprudence of Atheism",
"text": "Things are as sullen as we are.",
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],
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"Obstinate; intractable."
],
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "sluggish",
"word": "lent"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "sluggish",
"word": "lento"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "sluggish",
"word": "träge"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "sluggish",
"word": "lahm"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "sluggish",
"word": "zäh"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "sluggish",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lento"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "sluggish",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pigro"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "sluggish",
"word": "lento"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "sluggish",
"word": "lento"
}
],
"word": "sullen"
}
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"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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"Rhymes:English/ʌlən",
"Rhymes:English/ʌlən/2 syllables",
"en:Emotions"
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"2": "enm",
"3": "solein"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "xno",
"3": "soleyn",
"4": "",
"5": "alone"
},
"expansion": "Anglo-Norman soleyn (“alone”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "sole",
"4": "",
"5": "single, sole, alone"
},
"expansion": "Old French sole (“single, sole, alone”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "sōlus",
"4": "",
"5": "by oneself alone"
},
"expansion": "Latin sōlus (“by oneself alone”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English solein, from Anglo-Norman soleyn (“alone”), from Old French sole (“single, sole, alone”), from Latin sōlus (“by oneself alone”). The change in meaning from \"single\" to morose occurred in Middle English.",
"forms": [
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"form": "sullens",
"tags": [
"plural"
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}
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"sul‧len"
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"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses"
],
"glosses": [
"One who is solitary, or lives alone; a hermit."
],
"links": [
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"solitary",
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[
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"hermit"
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"(obsolete) One who is solitary, or lives alone; a hermit."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
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},
{
"glosses": [
"Sullen feelings or manners; sulks; moroseness."
],
"links": [
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"sulks",
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[
"moroseness",
"moroseness"
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"(in the plural) Sullen feelings or manners; sulks; moroseness."
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"tags": [
"in-plural"
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"ipa": "/ˈsʌlən/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʌlən"
},
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"audio": "En-us-sullen.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a5/En-us-sullen.ogg/En-us-sullen.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/En-us-sullen.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
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"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"enpr": "sŭlʹən"
}
],
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}
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