sulk

English

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Noun

sulk (plural sulks)

1. a state of sulking.

Verb

sulk (third-person singular simple present sulks, present participle sulking, simple past and past participle sulked)

1. to express ill humor or offense by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn.

Synonyms

• mope

Translations

to express ill humor or offense by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 撅嘴 (cmn) (juēzuǐ), 噘 (cmn) (juē), 幽憤 (cmn), 幽愤 (cmn) (yōufèn)

• Czech: trucovat (cs)
• Danish: surmule
• Dutch: sikkeneurig zijn
• Finnish: murjottaa (fi), mököttää (fi), jurnuttaa (fi)
• French: bouder (fr), faire la gueule (fr)
• German: schmollen (de)

• Hungarian: duzzog (hu)
• Japanese: 拗ねる (ja) (すねる, suneru), やさぐれる (ja) (yasagureru)
• Korean: 실쭉거리다 (ko) (siljjookgurida)
• Maori: whakamoroki (mi), whakamotutoke (mi)
• Polish: obrażać się (pl), dąsać się (pl)
• Romanian: îmbufnat (ro)
• Russian: дуться (ru) (dút'sja), кукситься (ru) (kúksit'sja)
• Spanish: enfurruñarse, estar de mal genio
• Tagalog: tampo (tl)

Related terms

• sulkily
• sulky

References

• “sulk” in The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
• “sulk” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
• "sulk" in WordNet 3.0, Princeton University, 2006.

Anagrams

• lusk