Sulk

//sʌlk//

Synonyms for "sulk" (33 found)

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Related word relations

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More general

6 entries

Synonyms

2 entries

Related terms

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dbpedia genre

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entails

1 entries

is a

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related to

4 entries

similar

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Translations

87 translations across 40 languages.

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Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • darılmaq verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • кавезіцца verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)
  • крыўдзіцца verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • мусене noun (state of sulking)
  • цупене noun (state of sulking)
  • муся се verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)
  • цупя се verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)

Catalan

2 entries
  • emmurriar-se verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)
  • enfurrunyar-se verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)

Chinese

1 entries
  • 悶氣 /闷气 noun (state of sulking)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 悶氣 /闷气 noun (state of sulking)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 悶氣 /闷气 noun (state of sulking)
  • verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)
  • 幽憤 /幽愤 verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)
  • 撅嘴 verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)

Czech

1 entries
  • trucovat verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)

Danish

1 entries
  • surmule verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)

Dutch

4 entries
  • gemok noun (state of sulking)
  • gepruil noun (state of sulking)
  • mokken verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)
  • pruilen verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • paŭti verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)

Finnish

3 entries
  • jurnuttaa verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)
  • murjottaa verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)
  • mököttää verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)

French

2 entries
  • bouder verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)
  • faire la gueule verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)

German

2 entries
  • Schmollen noun (state of sulking)
  • schmollen verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)

Greek

3 entries
  • κατσουφιάζω verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)
  • μουτρώνω verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)
  • σκυθρωπιάζω verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • זעף verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • duzzog verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • merajuk verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)

Irish

2 entries
  • stuaic noun (state of sulking)
  • tormas noun (state of sulking)

Italian

4 entries
  • fare l'offeso verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)
  • imbronciarsi verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)
  • piangersi addosso verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)
  • tenere il broncio verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)

Japanese

2 entries
  • やさぐれる verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)
  • 拗ねる verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)

Korean

1 entries
  • 실쭉거리다 verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)

Māori

3 entries
  • whakakeke verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)
  • whakamoroki verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)
  • whakamotutoke verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • furte verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)
  • surmule verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • furte verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)
  • surmule verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)

Occitan

3 entries
  • chorrar verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)
  • far lo morre verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)
  • fonhar verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)

Persian

1 entries
  • قهر verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)

Polish

4 entries
  • dąsy noun (state of sulking)
  • fochy noun (state of sulking)
  • boczyć się verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)
  • dąsać się verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • amuo noun (state of sulking)
  • amuar verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)
  • ficar emburrado verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)
  • prender o burro verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)

Romanian

1 entries
  • îmbufnat verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)

Russian

2 entries
  • ду́ться verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)
  • ку́кситься verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)

Slovak

3 entries
  • fúkať sa verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)
  • odúvať sa verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)
  • opúchať sa verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)

Spanish

2 entries
  • amohinarse verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)
  • enfurruñarse verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)

Swedish

1 entries
  • tjura verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • tampo verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)

Tamil

3 entries
  • ஊடல் noun (state of sulking)
  • ஊடு verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)
  • பிணக்கு verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)

Thai

1 entries
  • งอน verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)

Turkish

4 entries
  • bir karış surat noun (state of sulking)
  • darılmak verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)
  • gücenmek verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)
  • küsmek verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • ду́тися verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • hờn dỗi verb (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I'm not the sort to sulk.

Source: tatoeba (5744949)

I sulk.

Source: tatoeba (6579592)

Come on, don't sulk.

Source: tatoeba (8622523)

"Please don't sulk." "I'm not sulking."

Source: tatoeba (8622524)

Showing 4 of 16 available sentences.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.