Sulking

noun, verb

noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of one who sulks.

    ""He has seen you, too, he says; and thinks you have seen him, hey?" and Dangerfield chuckled more and more knowingly, and watched his shiftings and sulkings with a pleasant grin, as he teased and quizzed him in his own enigmatical way."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of sulk form-of, gerund, participle, present

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moodysullen

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""Is that implying that I go get some sugar in me and then work more?" "Er?" "No, sorry. I'm just sulking a bit.""

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