as in pouts
a state of resentful silence or irritability
a child sitting in a sulk over a minor disagreement
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as in to pout
to silently go about in a bad mood
the toddler would sulk for hours whenever he didn't get his way
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Recent Examples of sulk
Thomas Elias, Mercury News, 7 May 2025
Chalamet sulks and talks out of the side of his mouth, picking from a grab bag of accents that vary with each scene—all of which are far more reedy and cartoonish than Dylan actually sounded in his younger days.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 10 Dec. 2024
C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2026
Now the eldest of the Sully kids, Lo’ak (Britain Dalton) sulks with survivor’s guilt, while teenage adoptee Kiri (Sigourney Weaver) questions her seemingly immaculate conception while deepening her connection to the all-knowing nature goddess Eywa.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 16 Dec. 2025
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Noun
However, once Biden handed off the Democratic nomination to Newsom’s longtime friend, fellow Willie Brown protégé and political stablemate Kamala Harris, the California governor seemed to disappear into a long sulk.
—Thomas Elias, Mercury News, 7 May 2025
Chalamet sulks and talks out of the side of his mouth, picking from a grab bag of accents that vary with each scene—all of which are far more reedy and cartoonish than Dylan actually sounded in his younger days.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 10 Dec. 2024
Verb
The schedule doesn’t care about embarrassment, and the league is too unforgiving to sulk.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2026
Now the eldest of the Sully kids, Lo’ak (Britain Dalton) sulks with survivor’s guilt, while teenage adoptee Kiri (Sigourney Weaver) questions her seemingly immaculate conception while deepening her connection to the all-knowing nature goddess Eywa.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 16 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sulk
Noun
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Soto’s Marie pouts and squeals with abandon.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
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Collectively, we’re all obsessed with the perfect pouts created by celebrity makeup artist Nina Park, whose A-list clientele includes Zoë Kravitz, Emma Stone, Hailey Bieber, and more.—
Jessie Quinn,
StyleCaster,
12 May 2026
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Copeland said Vaisvila didn’t pout or whine after the rough season and instead went to work to fix some fastball and repertoire issues.—
Colleen Kane,
Chicago Tribune,
29 May 2026
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The Golden Knights’ bench didn’t pout or point fingers.—
Jesse Granger,
New York Times,
25 May 2026
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Don’t Kill Reach with External Links Like any business that makes money from advertising, LinkedIn frowns upon directing people away from LinkedIn to another site.—
William Arruda,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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Here is our review of a 2025-26 campaign that’s ended with more smiles than frowns.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
26 May 2026
Verb
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Modern tiki tends to take a lighter touch, using more abstract graphics, less imagery of women and scowling gods.—
Michael Goldstein,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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But there’s more to Brind’Amour than the person fans see screaming and scowling behind the bench or stomping around the dressing room in a postwin video looking like some combination of Godzilla and Chris Farley’s famous Matt Foley character.—
Cory Lavalette,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
Verb
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The Canucks owned all of those top picks that year because their GM, Brian Burke, didn’t sit around and mope about bad luck.—
Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
6 May 2026
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At the conclusion of the episode, Greg mopes at home, tossing pennies into a jar from afar.—
Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
23 Mar. 2026
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“Sulk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sulk. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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