sulk

English

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Noun

sulk (plural sulks)

1. a state of sulking.

Verb

sulk (third-person singular simple present sulks, present participle sulking, simple past and past participle sulked)

1. to express ill humor or offense by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn.

Synonyms

• mope

Translations

to express ill humor or offense by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn

Chinese: Mandarin: 撅嘴 (cmn) (juēzuǐ), 噘 (cmn) (juē), 幽憤 (cmn), 幽愤 (cmn) (yōufèn) Czech: trucovat (cs) Danish: surmule Dutch: sikkeneurig zijn Finnish: murjottaa (fi), mököttää (fi), jurnuttaa (fi) French: bouder (fr) German: schmollen (de)

Hungarian: duzzog (hu) Japanese: 拗ねる (ja) (すねる, suneru), やさぐれる (ja) (yasagureru) Korean: 실쭉거리다 (ko) (siljjookgurida) Polish: obrażać się (pl), dąsać się (pl) Romanian: îmbufnat (ro) Russian: дуться (ru) (dút'sja), кукситься (ru) (kúksit'sja) Spanish: enfurruñarse, estar de mal genio Tagalog: tampo (tl)

Related terms

• sulkily
• sulky

References

• “sulk” in The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
• “sulk” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
• "sulk" in WordNet 3.0, Princeton University, 2006.

Anagrams

• lusk