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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sulk /sʌlk/USA pronunciation v. [no object]- to keep oneself from normal conversation or apart from others while remaining in a sullen, angry, or offended mood:When we told her she couldn't go to the dance, she sulked for days.
n. [countable] - a state or fit of sulking.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sulk (sulk),USA pronunciation v.i. - 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.
n. - a state or fit of sulking.
- sulks, ill-humor shown by sulking:to be in the sulks.
- Also, sulk′er. a person who sulks.
- back formation from sulky 1775–85
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: sulk /sʌlk/ vb - (intransitive) 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 - (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
- Also: sulker a person who sulks
Etymology: 18th Century: perhaps a back formation from sulky1 |