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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a mood or display of sullen aloofness or withdrawal; "stayed home in a sulk" [syn: sulk, sulkiness] v
1: be in a huff and display one's displeasure; "She is pouting because she didn't get what she wanted" [syn: sulk, pout, brood]

Merriam Webster's

I. intransitive verb Etymology: back-formation from sulky Date: 1781 to be moodily silent II. noun Date: 1804 1. the state of one sulking — often used in plural <had a case of the sulks> 2. a sulky mood or spell <in a sulk>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v.intr. indulge in a sulk, be sulky. --n. (also in pl., prec. by the) a period of sullen esp. resentful silence (having a sulk; got the sulks). Derivatives: sulker n. Etymology: perh. back-form. f. SULKY

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sulk Sulk, n. [L. sulcus.] A furrow. [Obs.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sulk Sulk, v. i. [See Sulkiness.] To be silently sullen; to be morose or obstinate. --T. Hook.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(sulks, sulking, sulked) If you sulk, you are silent and bad-tempered for a while because you are annoyed about something. He turned his back and sulked. VERB: V • Sulk is also a noun. He went off in a sulk... Now she must be tired of my sulks. N-COUNT: oft in/into a N

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. n. Be sullen, be sulky, be out of humor.