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SULK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sulk mean? 

SULK (noun)
  The noun SULK has 1 sense:

1. a mood or display of sullen aloofness or withdrawalplay

  Familiarity information: SULK used as a noun is very rare.


SULK (verb)
  The verb SULK has 1 sense:

1. be in a huff and display one's displeasureplay

  Familiarity information: SULK used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SULK (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A mood or display of sullen aloofness or withdrawal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

sulk; sulkiness

Context example:

stayed home in a sulk

Hypernyms ("sulk" is a kind of...):

humor; humour; mood; temper (a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling)

Derivation:

sulk (be in a huff and display one's displeasure)

sulky (sullen or moody)


SULK (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they sulk  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it sulks  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: sulked  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: sulked  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: sulking  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Be in a huff and display one's displeasure

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

brood; pout; sulk

Context example:

She is pouting because she didn't get what she wanted

"Sulk" entails doing...:

resent (feel bitter or indignant about)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "sulk"):

brood; grizzle; stew (be in a huff; be silent or sullen)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

sulk (a mood or display of sullen aloofness or withdrawal)


 Context examples 


His whole life appears to be spent in an alternation between savage fits of passion and gloomy intervals of sulking.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I believe the silly fellows must have thought they would break their shins over treasure as soon as they were landed, for they all came out of their sulks in a moment and gave a cheer that started the echo in a faraway hill and sent the birds once more flying and squalling round the anchorage.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)



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