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- Dictionarysulk/sʌlk/
verb
- 1. be silent, morose, and bad-tempered out of annoyance or disappointment: "he was sulking over the break-up of his band"
noun
- 1. a period of sulking: "she was in a fit of the sulks"
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a period of time when someone refuses to smile or be pleasant because they are angry about something: If she doesn't get what she wants she goes into a sulk just like a child. He spent the whole day in a sulk. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Expressing and showing feelings.
noun. 1. : the state of one sulking often used in plural. had a case of the sulks. 2. : a sulky mood or spell. in a sulk. Synonyms. Verb. grump. mope. pout. Noun. grouch. hump [ British]
Definition of sulk verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
When you are displeased by something and you let your gloomy mood show, you're sulking. Do you want to bake another cake, or are you going to sulk all day about the one you dropped? When you say someone sulks, the tone of the word suggests the person is overdoing it.
Sulk definition: to remain silent or hold oneself aloof in a sullen, ill-humored, or offended mood. See examples of SULK used in a sentence.
n. 1. ( often plural) a state or mood of feeling resentful or sullen: he's in a sulk because he lost the game; he's got the sulks. 2. Also: sulker a person who sulks. [C18: perhaps a back formation from sulky 1]
If you sulk, you are silent and bad-tempered for a while because you are annoyed about something. He turned his back and sulked. American English : sulk / ˈsʌlk /
SULK definition: to look unhappy and not speak to anyone because you are angry about something: . Learn more.
sulk meaning, definition, what is sulk: to be silently angry and refuse to be fr...: Learn more.
a period of time when someone refuses to smile or be pleasant because they are angry about something: If she doesn't get what she wants she goes into a sulk just like a child. He spent the whole day in a sulk. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Expressing and showing feelings. abandon.
