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SULKINESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sullen moody resentful disposition
Synonyms:
moroseness; sourness; sulkiness; sullenness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("sulkiness" is a kind of...):
ill nature (a disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent disposition)
Derivation:
sulky (sullen or moody)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A feeling of sulky resentment
Synonyms:
huffishness; sulkiness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("sulkiness" is a kind of...):
bitterness; gall; rancor; rancour; resentment (a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will)
Derivation:
sulky (sullen or moody)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A mood or display of sullen aloofness or withdrawal
Example:
stayed home in a sulk
Synonyms:
sulk; sulkiness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("sulkiness" is a kind of...):
humor; humour; mood; temper (a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling)
Derivation:
sulky (sullen or moody)
