Synonyms for sulk
sʌlksulk

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1. sulkverb

   Synonyms:
   mope

2. sulkverb

   to express ill humor or offense by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn.

   Synonyms:
   mope

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1. sulk, sulkinessverb

   a mood or display of sullen aloofness or withdrawal

   "stayed home in a sulk"

   Synonyms:
   huffishness, sourness, sulkiness, moroseness, sullenness

2. sulk, pout, broodverb

   be in a huff and display one's displeasure

   "She is pouting because she didn't get what she wanted"

   Synonyms:
   cover, stew, mow, dwell, loom, hatch, grizzle, pout, mop, brood, hover, bulk large, incubate

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1. cryverb

   lightly crying

   i sulked at the sight off the dead body

   Submitted by DaemonSmith on August 24, 2021  

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1. List of paraphrases for "sulk":

   pout

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How to use sulk in a sentence?

1. Bashar Ja'afari:

   We do not expect him to sulk, we do not expect him to withdraw as he has done several times.

2. Kofi Cockburn:

   We came together, we didnt hold our head down. We didnt sulk about anything. ... We just came out there and we swung back.

3. Travis Mills:

   I could sit there and sulk and mope and be upset. But why?It does me no good, and I learned a couple of life lessons through this, the first one is I ca n’t control my situation but I can always control my attitude – so I decided to have a good attitude.Be bright and go.