Sulk

/sʌlk/

Synonyms for "sulk" (58 found)

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Closest matches (12)

antipathy aversion bitch disagreement disinclination disobedience dissent distaste

Noun(3 words)

brood drooping dudgeon

Verb(1 words)

brood

Strong matches (17)

foot draggingfret frown grouch indisposition indocility lour

Verb(3 words)

funked miff miffing

Noun(7 words)

funks glower grouches grump grumpiness huff huffs

Related words (29)

Noun(12 words)

moodiness mopes mopingpassive protestpout pouting retreat silence sulkiness sullenness withdraw withdrawal

mope obstinacy opposition recalcitrance refusal reluctance renitency repugnance resistance slowness stubbornness sulks

Verb(5 words)

mope pout pouted pouts repine

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5 relation types

More general

9 entries

behavioremotional stateexperience feel humor humour moodsocial behaviortemper

More specific

9 entries

brood glowerovert sulkpetty sulkpoutprolonged sulksilent sulksilent treatmentwithdrawal

Collocations

11 entries

persistent sulkinesssulk aboutsulk at the remarksulk in silencesulk in the cornersulk quietlysulking episodesulky demeanorsulky moodsulky temperamentsullenness

Inflections

3 entries

sulked sulking sulks

Derivations

6 entries

sulked sulker sulkiness sulking sulks sulky

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)

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