English
Noun
sulk (plural sulks)
- a state of sulking.
Verb
sulk (third-person singular simple present sulks, present participle sulking, simple past and past participle sulked)
- (intransitive) to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn.
Synonyms
Translations
to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 撅嘴 (juēzuǐ), 噘 (zh) (juē), 幽憤 (zh), 幽愤 (zh) (yōufèn)
- Czech: trucovat (cs)
- Danish: surmule
- Dutch: sikkeneurig zijn
- Finnish: murjottaa, mököttää (fi), jurnuttaa
- French: bouder (fr), faire la gueule (fr)
- German: schmollen (de)
- Greek: μουτρώνω (el) (moutróno), σκυθρωπιάζω (el) (skythropiázo), κατσουφιάζω (el) (katsoufiázo)
- Hebrew: זעף (za'af)
- Hungarian: duzzog (hu)
- Italian: fare l'offeso, tenere il muso, tenere il broncio, imbronciarsi
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- Japanese: 拗ねる (すねる, suneru), やさぐれる (ja) (yasagureru)
- Korean: 실쭉거리다 (ko) (siljjookgurida)
- Maori: whakamoroki, whakamotutoke, whakakeke
- Persian: قهر (fa) (ghahr)
- Polish: obrażać się (pl), dąsać się
- Portuguese: amuar (pt), estar mal-humorado/de mau humor, ficar emburrado m
- Romanian: îmbufnat (ro)
- Russian: ду́ться (ru) (dútʹsja), ку́кситься (ru) (kúksitʹsja)
- Spanish: enfurruñarse (es), estar de mal genio
- Swedish: tjura (sv)
- Tagalog: tampo
- Turkish: küsmek (tr), darılmak (tr), gücenmek (tr)
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Related terms
Etymology 2
Latin
sulcus.
Noun
sulk (plural sulks)
- A furrow.
References
- “sulk” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
- “sulk” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
- "sulk" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.
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