sulk
Collocations
4ADJ.
all, good, little, outside
VERB + SULK
answers, appeared, come, don't, fuming, having, said, sort
SULK + NOUN
i'm, morning, pout, tent
PREP.
from, in, into, off, off, on, with, with
Definitions
verb
To express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn.
Mr. Riach, who had been to the college, spoke to me like a friend when he was not sulking, and told me many curious things, […]
You crossed her last wish in death and yet you sulk with me because I don’t whinge like some hired mute from Lalouette’s.
noun
A state of sulking.
Leo has been in a sulk all morning.
He thanks our miserable Liberal agent, an unbeliever called Donald Somebody, see the caption, who since the court's arrival on his territory has retired into a fuming sulk from which he has only tonight emerged.
A fit of sulking; a sulking mood.
The Puddin', who had got the sulks over Sam's remark that fifteen goes of steak and kidney were enough for any self-respecting man, protested against the singing, which, he said, disturbed his gravy.
A person who sulks
Don't be such a sulk, Leo!
noun
A furrow.
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6Mr. Riach, who had been to the college, spoke to me like a friend when he was not sulking, and told me many curious things, […]
WiktionaryYou crossed her last wish in death and yet you sulk with me because I don’t whinge like some hired mute from Lalouette’s.
WiktionaryLeo has been in a sulk all morning.
WiktionaryHe thanks our miserable Liberal agent, an unbeliever called Donald Somebody, see the caption, who since the court's arrival on his territory has retired into a fuming sulk from which he has only tonig
Wiktionary"[…] home during the holidays," said the Doctor with a good-humoured laugh, "but a fit of the sulks is no very uncommon thing for him;" and then he added,[…]
WiktionaryI'm not the sort to sulk.
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