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sullens

sullens is the plural of sullen.

Meaning of sullen

Noun

sullen (plural sullens)

  1. (archaic) One who is solitary, or lives alone; a hermit.
    • He sit neither with seint Johan, / Symond ne Jude, / Ne with maydenes ne with martires, / Confessours ne wydewes; / But by hymself as a soleyn, / And served on erthe.c. 1377, William Langland, Piers Plowman, lines 7830–7835
  2. (in plural) Sullen feelings or manners; sulks; moroseness.
    • And let them die that age and sullens have;1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to...
    Synonyms:
    glumps, mope

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Questions about sullens

What is sullens the plural of?
Sullens is the plural of sullen.

Words near sullens in the dictionary

  1. Sullenger
  2. Sullengers
  3. sullenly
  4. sullenness
  5. sullennesses
  6. sullens
  7. sulliable
  8. sulliage
  9. sulliages
  10. sullied
  11. sullies

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