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SULKINESS

• SULKINESS (noun)
The noun SULKINESS has 3 senses:

1. a mood or display of sullen aloofness or withdrawal
2. a feeling of sulky resentment
3. a sullen moody resentful disposition

Familiarity information: SULKINESS used as a noun is uncommon.

• SULKINESS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A mood or display of sullen aloofness or withdrawal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

sulk; sulkiness

Context example:

stayed home in a sulk

Hypernyms ("sulkiness" is a kind of...):

humor; humour; mood; temper (a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

A feeling of sulky resentment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

huffishness; sulkiness

Hypernyms ("sulkiness" is a kind of...):

bitterness; gall; rancor; rancour; resentment (a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will)

Sense 3

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Meaning:

A sullen moody resentful disposition

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

moroseness; sullenness; sourness; sulkiness

Hypernyms ("sulkiness" is a kind of...):

ill nature (a disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent disposition)

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(English proverb)
"The guilty man flees unpersecuted"
(Bulgarian proverb)
"Measure your quilt, then stretch your legs."
(Arabic proverb)
"If a caged bird isn't singing for love, it's singing in a rage."
(Corsican proverb)

Useful links:
Pronunciation of mood
Meaning of gall
Meaning of rancour
Meaning of ill nature
Pronunciation of rancor

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