sulk

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

sulk [sulk sulks sulked sulking] verb, noun BrE [sʌlk] NAmE [sʌlk]
verb intransitive (disapproving)
to look angry and refuse to speak or smile because you want people to know that you are upset about sth
•He went off to sulk in his room.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late 18th cent.: perhaps a back-formation from ↑sulky.

Example Bank:
•He was still sulking about the break-up of his band.
•She sulked all the way to the theatre.

 
noun (BrE also the sulks plural)
a period of not speaking and being bad-tempered because you are angry about sth
•Jo was in a sulk upstairs.
•to have the sulks

Word Origin:
late 18th cent.: perhaps a back-formation from ↑sulky.

Example Bank:
•Ed's got the sulks again.

 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  sulkiness, pout, brood