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- [suhlk]
- /sʌlk/
- /sʌlk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [suhlk]
- /sʌlk/
Definitions of sulk word
- verb without object sulk to remain silent or hold oneself aloof in a sullen, ill-humored, or offended mood: Promise me that you won't sulk if I want to leave the party early. 1
- noun sulk a state or fit of sulking. 1
- noun sulk sulks, ill-humor shown by sulking: to be in the sulks. 1
- noun sulk Also, sulker. a person who sulks. 1
- intransitive verb sulk in moody silence 1
- noun sulk sullen mood 1
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Origin of sulk
First appearance:
before 1775 One of the 45% newest English words
First recorded in 1775-85; back formation from sulky
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Parts of speech for Sulk
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
sulk popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
sulk usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for sulk
verb sulk
- brood — A brood is a group of baby birds that were born at the same time to the same mother.
- do a slow burn — If someone does a slow burn, their angry feelings grow slowly but steadily.
- eat one's heart out — Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- frown — to contract the brow, as in displeasure or deep thought; scowl.
- glooming — total or partial darkness; dimness.
noun sulk
- dead air — the loss or suspension of the video or audio signal during a television or radio transmission.
- inarticulateness — lacking the ability to express oneself, especially in clear and effective speech: an inarticulate public speaker.
- iron curtain — (sometimes initial capital letters) a barrier to understanding and the exchange of information and ideas created by ideological, political, and military hostility of one country toward another, especially such a barrier between the Soviet Union and its allies and other countries.
- laconism — laconic brevity.
- muteness — silent; refraining from speech or utterance.
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