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SULK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A mood or display of sullen aloofness or withdrawal
Example:
stayed home in a sulk
Synonyms:
sulk; sulkiness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("sulk" is a kind of...):
humor; humour; mood; temper (a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling)
Derivation:
sulk (be in a huff and display one's displeasure)
sulky (sullen or moody)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they sulk ... he / she / it sulks
Past simple: sulked
Past participle: sulked
-ing form: sulking
Sense 1
Meaning:
Be in a huff and display one's displeasure
Example:
She is pouting because she didn't get what she wanted
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
"Sulk" entails doing...:
resent (feel bitter or indignant about)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "sulk"):
brood; grizzle; stew (be in a huff; be silent or sullen)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
sulk (a mood or display of sullen aloofness or withdrawal)
