Sulk - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |sʌlk|  American pronunciation of the word sulk
Brit.  |sʌlk|  British pronunciation of the word sulk

noun

- a mood or display of sullen aloofness or withdrawal
stayed home in a sulk

verb

- be in a huff and display one's displeasure (syn: brood, pout)

Extra examples

...a child sitting in a sulk over a minor disagreement...

She finished her tea and sulked.

Nicola sulked all morning.

Mike could go into a sulk that would last for days.

She's having a sulk.

Nowadays my only opportunity for an old-fashioned, self-indulgent sulk comes when I'm traveling.

He went to sulk in his room.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: sulk
he/she/it: sulks
present participle: sulking
past tense: sulked
past participle: sulked
noun
singular: sulk
plural: sulks
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