The action of frowning, etc.; a frown, scowl; a fit of sullenness.

General sense: A round or circular loop or ring, esp. one turning on a swivel, by which a string… A ring or the like by which any object can be…

With the: an inarticulate fit of distraction; a mumbling stupor.

(in plural, usually the sullens; rarely singular) A state of gloomy ill-humour; sullenness, sulks. in the sullens, sick of the sullens.

A state of agitation or excitement; a fit of anger; (also) a flurry of activity.

Offence at being or feeling slighted; a fit of peevishness or ill humour from this cause, (now) esp. a childish sulk. Frequently in in a pet. Also to…

A fit of indignation; a huff, pet, rage, passion. Used with a, the, or without article. Now Scottish.

In plural. Now chiefly regional. A state or fit of depression; low spirits. Also: a bad temper or mood. In early use in (in) his (also her,etc.) mulli…

In later use with the. A fit of melancholy or ill humour. Now English regional.

A fit of bad temper or sullenness; usually in phrase to take the gee: to take offence, become sulky.

An unaccountable fit of gloom or bad temper; a temporarily angry, irritable, or depressed state of mind. Originally in plural, esp. in †to be in one's…

A fit of pique, a huff; a petty quarrel, a tiff. Esp. in †to get (also have, take) a miff, †to take miff, †to be in a miff.

A fit of petulance or anger; a tantrum.

plural. Sulks, ill-humour. Now dialect.

A fit of ill-humour or sulks; esp. in to take the strunt.

A fit of ill humour or vexation; sulks. Esp. in to give (a person) the hump. slang.

A slight outburst or fit of temper, pettishness, or ill-humour. Now rare or merged in sense 2.

A slight fit of ill-humour or offendedness; a petty quarrel or disagreement: = tiff, n.3 1 2.

A fit of petulance or offended dignity caused by an affront, real or supposed; esp. in in a huff, to take huff.

colloquial (originally Scottish). A fit of bad temper.

A fit of ill humour; a transient displeasure; a pet.

singular. A fit of sulking; the action of sulking.

English regional (midlands and East Anglian). A fit of temper or irritability. Obsolete.

A state of anxiety or excitement; an instance of this, esp. a fit of ill-humour.

A burst of ill temper; ‘huff’, ‘fume’.

plural. The sulks; a fit of ill-humour.

U.S. A period of being indisposed, out of sorts, or irritable; an attack or fit of illness or nervous excitement.

the grumbles: ill-humour, vented in grumbling. (Used jocularly, as if the name of a malady.)

Grumbling; a complaint or grumble; a grumbling, sulky mood; a fit of ill temper or sulkiness.

A state of agitation; a fit of rage or bad temper; a tantrum, sulk. Frequently in in a snit.

A fit of sullen or petulant ill temper; a childish sulk. (In earliest use in plural with the.). Cf. mard, n.

A fit of moodiness or sullenness; a sulk, a bad mood. Esp. in to have (also pull, throw,etc.) a moody. Also in plural, with the.

As a mass noun: belligerence, peevishness (rare). As a count noun: a fit of temper; a sulk.

a sulky fit, a ‘sulk’.

Scottish colloquial (chiefly Glasgow). A state of petty annoyance, esp. in in the cream puff. Cf. huff, n. 2b.

A sulky, resentful, or petulant mood; a fit of ill temper. Cf. mardy, n. 2. Frequently in in a mard.