SULKINESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A sullen moody resentful disposition

Synonyms:

moroseness; sourness; sulkiness; sullenness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

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

ill nature (a disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent disposition)

Derivation:

sulky (sullen or moody)

Meaning:

A feeling of sulky resentment

Synonyms:

huffishness; sulkiness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

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

bitterness; gall; rancor; rancour; resentment (a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will)

Derivation:

sulky (sullen or moody)

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 ("sulkiness" is a kind of...):

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

Derivation:

sulky (sullen or moody)