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Synonyms for sulk
sʌlksulk
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Princeton's WordNet
sulk, sulkinessverb
a mood or display of sullen aloofness or withdrawal
"stayed home in a sulk"
Synonyms:
huffishness, sourness, sulkiness, moroseness, sullennesssulk, pout, broodverb
be in a huff and display one's displeasure
"She is pouting because she didn't get what she wanted"
Synonyms:
cover, stew, mow, dwell, loom, hatch, grizzle, pout, mop, brood, hover, bulk large, incubate
Editors Contribution
cryverb
lightly crying
i sulked at the sight off the dead body
Submitted by DaemonSmith on August 24, 2021
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Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #846 | cover | |
| #11770 | hatch | |
| #17449 | dwell | |
| #18477 | mop | |
| #19223 | stew | |
| #20365 | hover | |
| #22176 | loom | |
| #25681 | brood | |
| #38734 | mow | |
| #53560 | pout | |
| #60545 | incubate | |
| #106217 | sulk | |
| #138465 | grizzle | |
| #141070 | mope | |
| #218847 | sourness |
How to use sulk in a sentence?
We came together, we didnt hold our head down. We didnt sulk about anything. ... We just came out there and we swung back.
We do not expect him to sulk, we do not expect him to withdraw as he has done several times.
I could sit there and sulk and mope and be upset. But why?It does me no good, and I learned a couple of life lessons through this, the first one is I ca n’t control my situation but I can always control my attitude – so I decided to have a good attitude.Be bright and go.
Translations for sulk
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- نكدArabic
- trucovatCzech
- surmuleDanish
- schmollenGerman
- σκυθρωπάζω, μουτρώνω, κατσουφιάζωGreek
- enfurruñarseSpanish
- قهرPersian
- murjottaa, jurnuttaa, mököttääFinnish
- bouder, faire la gueuleFrench
- duzzogHungarian
- tenere il muso, fare l'offeso, imbronciarsi, tenere il broncioItalian
- 拗ねる, やさぐれるJapanese
- 실쭉거리다Korean
- whakamotutoke, whakakeke, whakamorokiMāori
- obrażać się, dąsać sięPolish
- amuar, [[estar]] [[mal-humorado]]/[[de]] [[mau humor]]Portuguese
- îmbufnatRomanian
- дуться, кукситьсяRussian
- tjuraSwedish
- tampoTagalog
- gücenmek, darılmak, küsmekTurkish
- سے sulkUrdu
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