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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
/ ʌ /
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 in a sulk because he lost the game
he's got the sulks
Also: sulker.a person who sulks
Other Word Forms
- outsulk verb (used with object)
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of sulk1
Example Sentences
Nine months later, after the New Year's Eve party where Joel messes up again by trying to defend Ellie, he excuses himself to sulk with Ellie’s guitar on his porch.
Does a job for the team, got stitched up last week for getting sent off but he didn't sulk about it, he goes and gets a goal.
They have had their post-2023 World Cup sulk and everyone has regrouped and moved on to the next challenge in 2027.
Exhausted and exasperated, the quarterback had a rhetorical question for the cluster: “Can’t you let a guy sulk in peace?”
"I was still sulking in the toilet. I came out when we needed about 15 runs. It was a tough one."
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