Sulkiness
['sʌlkɪnɪs]
Definition
(noun.) a sullen moody resentful disposition.
(noun.) a feeling of sulky resentment.
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Definition
(n.) The quality or state of being sulky; sullenness; moroseness; as, sulkiness of disposition.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Moroseness, SULLENNESS.
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Examples
- I do not exactly know what these young Lambtons are good for except sulkiness. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- He was in that state of highly respectful sulkiness which is peculiar to English servants. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- But a kind of sulkiness kept him away from her, so she thought he disliked her. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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