verb
sulk
suhlk
verb
1
To show displeasure by going quiet and withdrawn rather than speaking about it.
"He sulked in his room after losing the argument."
"Don't sulk just because you didn't get your way."
noun
1
A mood or spell of sulking.
"She's in one of her sulks again."
How to Use Sulk
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishTo go silent and moody when upset instead of talking it out.
Common pairings
go into a sulk
sulk about something
Word Forms
sulked past tense, sulks plural, sulks plural, sulks singular
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Etymology
Believed to be a back-formation from sulky, ultimately traced to an Old English word meaning slothful or languid.