sulked

past tense of sulk
as in pouted
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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“Sulked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sulked. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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