SULK

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A mood or display of sullen aloofness or withdrawal

Example:

stayed home in a sulk

Synonyms:

sulk; sulkiness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

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)

Present simple: I / you / we / they sulk ... he / she / it sulks

Past simple: sulked

Past participle: sulked

-ing form: sulking

Meaning:

Be in a huff and display one's displeasure

Example:

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

Synonyms:

brood; pout; sulk

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

"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)