EGAVE

sulk

About 0.20 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn.
  2. noun A state of sulking.
    Leo has been in a sulk all morning.
  3. noun A fit of sulking; a sulking mood.
  4. noun A person who sulks
    Don't be such a sulk, Leo!
  5. noun A furrow.

Similar words

sulkiness pout stew grizzle brood mope head outsulk scowl give out

Often followed by

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Word family

sulked sulking sulks

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