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sulk
[ suhlk ]
verb (used without object)
- to remain silent or hold oneself aloof in a sullen, ill-humored, or offended mood:
Promise me that you won't sulk if I want to leave the party early.
noun
- a state or fit of sulking.
- sulks, ill-humor shown by sulking:
to be in the sulks.
- Also sulker. a person who sulks.
sulk
/ sʌlk /
verb
- intr to be silent and resentful because of a wrong done to one, esp in order to gain sympathy; brood sullenly
the child sulked in a corner after being slapped
noun
- often plural a state or mood of feeling resentful or sullen
he's got the sulks
he's in a sulk because he lost the game
- Alsosulker a person who sulks
Other Words From
- outsulk verb (used with object)
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of sulk1
Example Sentences
The cop swiftly rebukes Bieber, who then goes off to cross his arms and sulk petulantly in a corner.
Every interaction with her was fraught lest she would throw a sulk or sink into a pout.
If the Supreme Court overturns the health-care law, Democrats will be tempted to sulk and feel sorry for themselves.
Some will go off and sulk, and their followers will stay home on Election Day.
Common prudence forced them to sulk all day in the stall of the khan, while Musa went forth to make his discoveries.
They sulk and pout, worse than humans, if one act wins more applause than another.
Sadie did not often sulk, and he was grateful because she said nothing about what had happened on the previous night.
He used to sulk for a week afterwards, avoiding Alan in the 'quarter' and ostentatiously burying himself in a group of boarders.
"Elvira can sulk for the rest of eternity, if she wants to," Mea said now without the slightest trace of sadness.
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