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
Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 10 Dec. 2024
Julio has a permanent sulk on his face and a worrying stoop in his gait.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 19 July 2024
Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
Jets Mike McDaniel’s slow, sulking walk off the field was just sad, which about sums up the Dolphins this season.
—Chad Graff, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
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Noun
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
Julio has a permanent sulk on his face and a worrying stoop in his gait.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 19 July 2024
Verb
The Miami Hurricanes made sure not to sulk for too long.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
Jets Mike McDaniel’s slow, sulking walk off the field was just sad, which about sums up the Dolphins this season.
—Chad Graff, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sulk
Noun
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Before this high achiever entered La Mer’s roster of offerings, its lip category consisted only of The Lip Balm, The Lip Polish, and The Lip Volumizer — all geared towards nourishing, restoring, and, in case of the latter, treating pouts to buildable color.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
6 Oct. 2025
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While Shrek pouts about missing his solo ogre days, the dastardly Rumpelstiltskin takes advantage, offering him a contract to relive that romanticized time in his life — for a day.—
Skyler Trepel September 1,
EW.com,
1 Sep. 2025
Verb
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This was followed by a shot of them all pouting as Landon and Alabama flashed peace signs and their dad took his turn to flip off the camera.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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Grande unveiled her new (old) hair color in an October 29 Instagram post, pouting in a mirror selfie with her classic cat-eye makeup and cascading brown hair.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
29 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The candidate Grant had frowned upon before dove right in with his sales pitch.—
Sarah Jackson,
CNBC,
9 Nov. 2025
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Anti-Semitism persisted, religion was frowned upon by the communist government and Jews were often persecuted.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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However, there has been a growing edge to Denver’s current group, personified on the field in the way safety Talanoa Hufanga flies to the ball and in the way Cooper scowls under his eye black.—
Nick Kosmider,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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Now our favorite scowling friend is getting his own movie, too.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
15 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Koko storms off and spends the rest of the evening moping about the interaction.—
Jihan Forbes,
Allure,
29 Oct. 2025
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In June the McCoys went back to Bloomington and Catherine spent the summer moping.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Sulk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sulk. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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