SULK


Meaning of SULK in English

I. verb

to be sullen or morose in mood usually because of a grievance

sulked all day when he didn't call

Synonyms: ||dort, grump, ||mump, pet, pout, ||sull

Related Word: frown, glower, lower, scowl; brood, gloom, mope, take on

Idioms: be in a sulk, have the sulks, ||take the dods

II. noun

often sulks plural the state, condition, or mood of one sulking

sat in a sulk all day after being reprimanded

Synonyms: ||dods, ||dorts, grumps, mulligrubs, mumps, pouts, sullens

Related Word: sourness, sulkiness, surliness; glumness, grouchiness

Idioms: a case of the sulks

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