About The Word Sulkiness

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Sulkiness

Sulkiness Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Sulkiness?
[n] a sullen moody resentful disposition
[n] a feeling of sulky resentment [n] a mood or display of sullen aloofness or withdrawal; "stayed home in a sulk" Synonyms | Synonyms for Sulkiness: huffishness | moroseness | sourness | sulk | sullenness Related Terms | Find terms related to Sulkiness: See Also | bitterness | gall | humor | humour | ill nature | mood | rancor | rancour | resentment | temper Sulkiness In Webster's Dictionary \Sulk"i*ness\, n. [For sulkenness, fr. AS. solcen
slothful, remiss, in [=a]solcen, besolcen, properly p. p. of
sealcan in [=a]sealcan to be weak or slothful; of uncertain
origin.]
The quality or state of being sulky; sullenness; moroseness;
as, sulkiness of disposition.
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