sulky

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

sulky [sulky sulkier sulkiest] BrE [ˈsʌlki] NAmE [ˈsʌlki] adjective (disapproving)
bad-tempered or not speaking because you are angry about sth
•Sarah had looked sulky all morning.
•a sulky child
•He lapsed into a sulky silence.
Derived Words: ↑sulkily ▪ ↑sulkiness

Word Origin:
mid 18th cent.: perhaps from obsolete sulke ‘hard to dispose of’, of unknown origin.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  glooming, gloomy, gloomful, sluggish, huffish