sulk

UK /sʌlk/ US /sʌlk/
noun 4verb 1

Definitions

verb

1

To express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn.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

1

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.

2

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.

3

A person who sulks

Don't be such a sulk, Leo!

noun

1

A furrow.

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