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sulk
[suhlk] 
,–verb (used without object)
| 1. | 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
| 2. | a state or fit of sulking. |
| 3. | sulks, ill-humor shown by sulking: to be in the sulks. |
| 4. | Also, sulker. a person who sulks. |
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| sulk (sŭlk) intr.v. sulked, sulk·ing, sulks To be sullenly aloof or withdrawn, as in silent resentment or protest. n. A mood or display of sullen aloofness or withdrawal: stayed home in a sulk; a case of the sulks. [Back-formation from sulky1.] |
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Sulk
Sulk\, n. [L. sulcus.] A furrow. [Obs.]Sulk
Sulk\, v. i. [See Sulkiness.] To be silently sullen; to be morose or obstinate. --T. Hook.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : sulk
Spanish:
poner cara larga, poner morros, estar enfurruñado,
German:
schmollen,
Japanese:
すねる
sulk
1781, back-formation of sulky (adj.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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