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Meaning of Sulk | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
sʌlk

Definitions

  1. A state of sulking.
  2. A furrow.
  3. A fit of sulking; a sulking mood.
    in-plural
  4. A person who sulks

Equivalents

العربية التبويز
Azərbaycanca darılmaq
Беларуская кры́ўдзіцца
Български цупене цупя се
Català emmurriar-se
Čeština trucovat
Dansk surmule
Deutsch Schmollen
Esperanto paŭti
فارسی قهر
Gaeilge stuaic tormas
עברית זעף
हिन्दी तैश
Magyar duzzog
Bahasa Indonesia merajuk
한국어 실쭉거리다
Română îmbufnat
Svenska tjura
ไทย งอน
Tagalog tampo
Tiếng Việt hờn dỗi

Examples

“Leo has been in a sulk all morning.”
“He thanks our miserable Liberal agent, an unbeliever called Donald Somebody, see the caption, who since the court's arrival on his territory has retired into a fuming sulk from which he has only tonight emerged.”
“"[…] home during the holidays," said the Doctor with a good-humoured laugh, "but a fit of the sulks is no very uncommon thing for him;" and then he added,[…]”
“The Puddin', who had got the sulks over Sam's remark that fifteen goes of steak and kidney were enough for any self-respecting man, protested against the singing, which, he said, disturbed his gravy.”
“Don't be such a sulk, Leo!”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
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