Sulk (Noun)
Meaning
A mood or display of sullen aloofness or withdrawal; "stayed home in a sulk".
Classification
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions.
Examples
- The teenager stayed home in a sulk after her parents grounded her.
- His refusal to apologize only seemed to deepen his sulk.
- The sulky silence between them grew more oppressive by the minute.
- She woke up in a sulk, still resentful of the argument they had the night before.
- After being left out of the plans, he spent the rest of the day in a sulk.