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sulk
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- pronunciation:
- suhlk
- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
sulks, sulking, sulked |
| definition: |
to express resentment or bad humor by remaining sullenly silent or aloof.
- synonyms:
- mope, pout
- similar words:
- brood, gloom, glower, lower, ponder
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| related words: |
gloom, grouch, grouse, grumble, lower, stew |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
(sometimes pl.) resentment or ill humor expressed by sulking, or a sullen, aloof state or episode.
She's got the sulks this morning.- synonyms:
- funk, miff, mood, pet
- similar words:
- discontent, dudgeon, grouch, huff, petulance, pique, pout, resentment, snit
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| definition 2: |
someone who sulks; sulker.
- synonyms:
- brooder, mope, pouter, sourpuss
- similar words:
- crank, crosspatch, curmudgeon, griper, grouch
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