Pronunciations (2)
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/sʌlk/
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/sʊlk/
Pronunciation notes
- Northern-England
Verb
To express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn.
Usage- Intransitive
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Mr. Riach, who had been to the college, spoke to me like a friend when he was not sulking, and told me many curious things, […]
You crossed her last wish in death and yet you sulk with me because I don’t whinge like some hired mute from Lalouette’s.
Noun
A state of sulking.
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Leo has been in a sulk all morning.
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He thanks our miserable Liberal agent, an unbeliever called Donald Somebody, see the caption, who since the court's arrival on his territory has retired into a fuming sulk from which he has only tonight emerged.
"[…] home during the holidays," said the Doctor with a good-humoured laugh, "but a fit of the sulks is no very uncommon thing for him;" and then he added,[…]
A fit of sulking; a sulking mood.
Usage- in-plural
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The Puddin', who had got the sulks over Sam's remark that fifteen goes of steak and kidney were enough for any self-respecting man, protested against the singing, which, he said, disturbed his gravy.
A person who sulks
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Don't be such a sulk, Leo!
Noun
A furrow.
Noun
a mood or display of sullen aloofness or withdrawal
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stayed home in a sulk
Verb
be in a huff and display one's displeasure
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She is pouting because she didn't get what she wanted