sulkverb [ I ]
uk/sʌlk/us/sʌlk/disapprovingto be silent and refuse to smile or be pleasant to people because you are angry about something that they have done:
He's sulking in his room because I wouldn't let him have any more chocolate.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Expressing and showing feelings
- abandon
- affective
- be in/get into a state idiom
- beat your breast/chest idiom
- beetroot
- bubble
- expression
- flame
- hot and heavy idiom
- impassioned
- lose it idiom
- marvel
- moved
- pine
- throw
- vocalize
- wear your heart on your sleeve idiom
- whimper
- wring
- wring your hands idiom
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sulknoun [ C ]
uk/sʌlk/us/sʌlk/disapprovinga period of time when someone refuses to smile or be pleasant because they are angry about something:
If she doesn't get what she wants she goes into a sulk just like a child.
He spent the whole day in a sulk.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Expressing and showing feelings
- abandon
- affective
- be in/get into a state idiom
- beat your breast/chest idiom
- beetroot
- bubble
- expression
- flame
- hot and heavy idiom
- impassioned
- lose it idiom
- marvel
- moved
- pine
- throw
- vocalize
- wear your heart on your sleeve idiom
- whimper
- wring
- wring your hands idiom
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sulkiness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈsʌlk.i.nəs/us/ˈsʌlk.i.nəs/
sulkily
adverb /ˈsʌlk.ɪ.li//ˈsʌlk.ɪ.li/
She replied sulkily that she had no interest at all in going with them.
sulky
adjective uk/ˈsʌlk.i/us/ˈsʌlk.i/
She brought along a couple of sulky kids who didn't say a word the whole time.