sullen Copy link Outline I. Gloomy, dismal (cf. "Night with her sullen wings," Milton)1. tristis2. torvusII. Morose, q. v.III. Intractable, q. v. Join • sullen: I. Gloomy, dismal (cf. "Night with her sullen wings," Milton): 1. tristis: the s. mariner, navita t. (Charon), Virg. Aen. 6, 315: cf. t. sorores (i. e. the Fates), Tib. 3, 3, 35. 2. torvus: v. grim. See also gloomy, dismal, forbidding. II. Morose, q. v.: tristis, tetrĭcus. Phr.: to look s., frontem s. supercilia contrahere (v. to frown); s. Mars, Mars nubilus ira, Stat. Theb. 3, 230: to be s., pervicacis irae esse, Curt. 8, 6, init. III. Intractable, q. v. Join: contumax ac refractarius, Sen. Ep. 72, init.