sulk

¹sulk

intransitive verb \ˈsəlk\

Definition of SULK

: to be moodily silent

Examples of SULK

1. He went to sulk in his room.
2. She has been sulking all day.

Origin of SULK

back-formation from sulky

First Known Use: 1781

Related to SULK

Synonyms

grump, mope, pout

Related Words

brood, dwell (on), mull (over), muse (over), ponder; frown, glower, lower (also lour), scowl; carry on, take on; pet

Rhymes with SULK

bulk, hulk, skulk, yolk

²sulk

noun

Definition of SULK

1

: the state of one sulking —often used in plural <had a case of the sulks>

2

: a sulky mood or spell <in a sulk>

Examples of SULK

1. <a child sitting in a sulk over a minor disagreement>

First Known Use of SULK

1804

Related to SULK

Synonyms

grouch, hump [British], pet, pouts, snit, sulkiness, sullenness

Related Words

blues, dumps, mopes; surliness; biliousness, choler, crankiness, crossness, crotchetiness, fantods, grouchiness, grumpiness, huffiness, irascibility, irascibleness, irritability, irritableness, peevishness, perverseness, perversity, pettishness, petulance, surliness, testiness, waspishness; cantankerousness, disagreeableness, dyspepsia, fretfulness, orneriness; fussiness, querulousness; oversensitiveness, sensitivity

Near Antonyms

cheerfulness, gaiety (also gayety), gladsomeness, high-spiritedness, lightheartedness, perkiness; affability, agreeableness, amenity, amicability, cordiality, friendliness, geniality, graciousness, pleasantness, sociability, sociality; amiability, amiableness, good-humoredness, good-naturedness, good-temperedness