Sulkiness

Synonyms for "sulkiness" (62 found)

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Closest matches (13)

Noun(1 words)

antipathy aversion bigotrycold comfortcussedness dejection determination disagreement disappointment disinclination disobedience dissatisfaction

Strong matches (18)

dissent distaste dogmatism envy fanaticismfoot draggingill-humor indisposition indocility intolerance irascibility melancholy

Noun(6 words)

glumness grumpiness huffishness moodinessmoody dispositionnonverbal protest

Related words (31)

obstinacy opposition perseverance pertinacity perversity petulance recalcitrance refusal reluctance renitency repugnance resentment resistance restlessness slowness stubbornness stuffiness sulks surliness tenacity

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uneasiness unhappiness unpleasure

Noun(8 words)

peevishness petulancesilent treatmentsourness sulk sullennesstemperamental withdrawalwithdrawal

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More general

15 entries

behavioral patternbitternessemotional stategall humor humourill naturemoodnonverbal behaviorpersonality traitrancor rancour resentment temper temperament

More specific

4 entries

moody temperamentquiet withdrawalsilent sulksilent withdrawal

Collocations

6 entries

degree of sulkinessdisplay of sulkinessmood of sulkinesspersistent sulkinesspsychological sulkinesssulkiness in children

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

3 entries

sulk sulkily sulkish

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