SULKINESS

sulkiness, sullenness, moroseness, sourness

(noun) a sullen moody resentful disposition

sulkiness, huffishness

(noun) a feeling of sulky resentment

sulk, sulkiness

(noun) a mood or display of sullen aloofness or withdrawal; “stayed home in a sulk”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

sulkiness (countable and uncountable, plural sulkinesses)

(uncountable) The state or quality of being sulky.

(countable) The result or product of being sulky.

Source: Wiktionary


Sulk"i*ness, n. Etym: [For sulkenness, fr. AS. solcen slothful, remiss, in asolcen, besolcen, properly p.p. of sealcan in asealcan to be weak or slothful; of uncertain origin.]

Definition: The quality or state of being sulky; sullenness; moroseness; as, sulkiness of disposition.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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