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sulk

sulk [ sulk ]


intransitive verb  (past and past participle sulked, present participle sulk·ing, 3rd person present singular sulks)
Definition:
 
be angrily silent: to refuse to talk to or associate with others as a show of resentment for a real or imagined grievance



noun  (plural sulks)
Definition:
 
1. bad-tempered silence: a period, state, or show of resentfulness and refusal to communicate

2. somebody who sulks: somebody who sulks

[Late 18th century. Back-formation <sulky]

sulk·er noun
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