0 angry and unwilling to smile or be pleasant to people -- 愠怒的；闷闷不乐的，绷着脸的
literary She looked up at the sullen (= dark and unpleasant) sky and shuddered. 她抬头看了看阴沉沉的天空，不由打了个冷颤。
His daughters stared back at him with an expression of sullen resentment. 他的几个女儿也满脸愠怒地狠狠回瞪他。
He, finding the girl sullen, approached the mental welfare officer, who assured me admission was necessary.
I hardly like reviving certain old animosities or mentioning anything which may tend to stir sullen and slumbering emotions.
The farming community is sullen and really furious with him.
Well, they may be sullen and curmudgeonly if they will.
However, he looked particularly miserable and sullen and embarrassed on that ludicrous occasion.
The fact is, according to all the evidence, that there is that sullen feeling of dislike and suspicion about the proposals for closer association.
The mood of the people is turning from one of fortitude and philosophy to one of sullen despair.
We cannot put any great value on a naval base if the population is against us—sulky, sullen and passively resisting.
