sulk

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  1. intransitive verb To be sullenly aloof or withdrawn, as in silent resentment or protest.
  2. noun A mood or display of sullen aloofness or withdrawal: stayed home in a sulk; a case of the sulks.

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  • Then one of them would sulk, and it would go on for weeks at a time. —  Maigret and the Toy Village—Simenon, Georges - 46
  • Khan continues to sulk, and voice his frustration over the imposition of an —  Top Stories - Google News
  • He can sulk, create discension, play lousy defense, and continue to hit .220, but he'll only be out of $400 grand if he gets cut. —  Mets Today
  • She could pout, sulk, and just "show up", but instead she chose to respond. —  Morning Sun Home RSS
  • Rather than sulk, Laurinaitis followed Hawk like a puppy dog, soaking up bits of wisdom and techniques that the senior had learned from others and from his years in the Big Ten. —  Chronicle-Telegram
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  1. Back-formation from sulky1.

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  1. Early modern English sulke; reduced from Middle English *sulken, *solken, from Anglo-Saxon solcen, slothful, remiss (cf. equivalent ā-solcen, be-solcen), properly past participle of *seolcan, in comp. *ā-seolcan, ā-sealcan (= Old High German ar-selhan), and be-seolcan, be slothful, grow languid; cf. Sanskrit √ sarj, send forth, let loose. Cf. sulk, v. and n., sulky.
  2. from sulk, a., in part a back-formation from, sulky.
  3. from sulk, v.
  4. = Old Spanish sulco, Spanish Portuguese sulco = Italian solco, solgo, from Latin sulcus, a furrow, trench, ditch, groove, track, wrinkle; cf. Greek ὁλκός, a furrow, track, from ε=λκειν, draw. Cf. sullow.
  5. from sulk, n.
 

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