sulk
sulk
Definition
sulk (sulk)
noun
- a sulky mood or state also the sulks
- a sulky person
sulk
Synonyms
sulk
Usage Examples
Object
- cos: BB sulked cos she could climb on the climbing frame.
- bit: Most areas are fishing well although the fish have understandably sulked a bit with the influx of cold water.
Converse of object
- have: If you can't have a good sulk at her age then life ain't worth the effort is what I says.
- get: SB did get sulk once because the others ' were being horrible to her ' - or some such.
Adjective modifier
- big: True, you could be in the middle of the biggest sulk of all time.
- incredible: Anelka should do well assuming he doesn't turn into the Incredible Sulk at some point.
- major: However if she hits a fence she has a major sulk & wont go within 10 yards of another fence.
Modifying Another Word
- still: Ex song birds are still sulking and will not sing at all.
- then: Alan collected huge quantities of email onto his laptop, and then sulked when he realized he'd lost his red fedora.
- n't: I don't see why I should n't sulk.
- not: Sellers: The part of Maid Marion is still being played by Miss Mitchell The Sheriff: Fair damsel, pray do not sulk.
- just: You just sulk All of the time, Why don't you pick me up or throw me a line?
- much: Kewell was pushed onto the right but he hated it there and sulked so much that he kept swapping wings with Jason.
Followed by an intransitive particle
- off: I shouted a bit, realized I was talking to myself, and sulked off in quiet humiliation.
Used with why or when
- when: Do I sit at home and sulk when I've played badly?
Infinitive complement
- try: Jennifer Lopez has confessed how she cried and sulked to try to avoid shooting a topless sex scene.
Present participle complement
- stare: And sulk staring electronic and wireless similar manner we're.
Preposition: in
- corner: I'll bring my own next week and sulk in the corner.
Preposition: for
Browse dictionary entries near sulk
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