sulky
adjective /ˈsʌlki/
/ˈsʌlki/
(disapproving)- in a bad mood or not speaking because you are angry about something
- Sarah had looked sulky all morning.
- a sulky child
- He lapsed into a sulky silence.
WordfinderTopics Personal qualitiesc2, Feelingsc2- adolescent
- immature
- mixed up
- naive
- puberty
- rebellious
- sulky
- tearaway
- teenager
- young
Oxford Collocations DictionarySulky is used with these nouns:- child
- teenager
Word Originmid 18th cent.: perhaps from obsolete sulke ‘hard to dispose of’, of unknown origin.