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, sulk·er. a person who sulks.
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| —vb | |
| 1. | (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 |
| —n | |
| 2. | (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 |
| 3. | Also: sulker a person who sulks |
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Word Origin & History
sulk
1781, back-formation of sulky (adj.).
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Example sentences
Animals have moods-they can sulk, they can be happy, they can be sad.
Apparently, when the ignorant are confronted with facts they don't understand, the ignorant take their ball and go home to sulk.
Or you could all sit there and sulk in an ideological slump.
Portable gaming devices have plenty of reason to sulk in the corner.
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