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.

Adjective

(er)

Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.

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Based on factually incorrect premises: false legislation

Spurious, artificial.

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*:At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.

(lb) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.

Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.

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Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.

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*(John Milton) (1608-1674)

*:I to myself was false , ere thou to me.

Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.

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*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)

*:whose false foundation waves have swept away

Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.

(lb) Out of tune.