Sulks


verb (used without object)
1.
to remain silent or hold oneself aloof in a sullen, ill-humored, or offended mood:
Promise me that you won’t sulk if I want to leave the party early.
noun
2.
a state or fit of sulking.
3.
sulks, ill-humor shown by sulking:
to be in the sulks.
4.
Also, sulker. a person who sulks.
verb
1.
(intransitive) to be silent and resentful because of a wrong done to one, esp in order to gain sympathy; brood sullenly: the child sulked in a corner after being slapped
noun
2.
(often pl) a state or mood of feeling resentful or sullen: he’s in a sulk because he lost the game, he’s got the sulks
3.
Also sulker. a person who sulks
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