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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.

Origin:
1775–85; back formation from sulky
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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To be sullenly aloof or withdrawn, as in silent resentment or protest.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 
1781, back-formation of sulky (adj.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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