Sullen vs Strict - What's the difference?

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Sullen is a related term of strict.

As adjectives the difference between sullen and strict

is that sullen is having a brooding ill temper; sulky while strict is strained; drawn close; tight.

As a noun sullen

is (obsolete) one who is solitary, or lives alone; a hermit.

sullen

English

Adjective

(er)

Having a brooding ill temper; sulky.

* Prior

And sullen I forsook the imperfect feast.

Gloomy; dismal; foreboding.

* 1593 , , IV. v. 88:

Our solemn hymns to sullen dirges change;

(Milton)

Sluggish; slow.

* Sir Walter Scott

The larger stream was placid, and even sullen , in its course.

(obsolete) Lonely; solitary; desolate.

(obsolete) Mischievous; malignant; unpropitious.

* Dryden

Such sullen planets at my birth did shine.

(obsolete) Obstinate; intractable.

* Tillotson

Things are as sullen as we are.

Synonyms

* sulky, morose

Antonyms

* cheerful * content * lighthearted * pleased

Noun

(en noun)

(obsolete) One who is solitary, or lives alone; a hermit.

(Piers Plowman)

Sullen feelings or manners; sulks; moroseness.

to have the sullens

* 1593 , , II. i. 139:

And let them die that age and sullens have;

English adjectives ending in -en

strict

English

Adjective

(er)

Strained; drawn close; tight.

strict embrace

strict ligature

Tense; not relaxed.

strict fiber

Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously nice.

to keep strict watch

to pay strict attention

Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous.

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very strict in observing the Sabbath

Rigidly interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted.

to understand words in a strict sense

(botany) Upright, or straight and narrow; — said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters.

Severe in discipline.

Usage notes

* Stricter'' and ''strictest'' are the grammatically correct forms for the comparative and superlative though outside UK ''more strict'' and ''most strict are more often used.

Antonyms

* lenient * lax * permissive

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