the sulks

Variant of sulk

sulk definition

sulk (sulk)

intransitive verb

to be sulky

Etymology: back-form. < sulky

noun

  1. a sulky mood or state
    also the sulks
  2. a sulky person

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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