sulk

Definition of sulk

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

(intransitive)To express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn.

“Mr. Riach, who had been to the college, spoke to me like a friend when he was not sulking, and told me many curious things, […]”
“You crossed her last wish in death and yet you sulk with me because I don’t whinge like some hired mute from Lalouette’s.”

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verb

(intransitive)To express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn.

“Mr. Riach, who had been to the college, spoke to me like a friend when he was not sulking, and told me many curious things, […]”
“You crossed her last wish in death and yet you sulk with me because I don’t whinge like some hired mute from Lalouette’s.”

noun

A state of sulking.

“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,[…]”
(in-plural)A fit of sulking; a sulking mood.

“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.”
A person who sulks

“Don't be such a sulk, Leo!”
A furrow.

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Etymology

Back-formation from sulky, of uncertain origin. Probably from Middle English *sulke, *solke (attested in solcenesse (“idleness; laziness”), from Old English āsolcennys (“idleness; slothfulness; sluggishness; laziness”), from āsolcen (“sulky, languid”), from…

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Back-formation from sulky, of uncertain origin. Probably from Middle English *sulke, *solke (attested in solcenesse (“idleness; laziness”), from Old English āsolcennys (“idleness; slothfulness; sluggishness; laziness”), from āsolcen (“sulky, languid”), from past participle of Old English āseolcan (“be slow; be weak or slothful; languish”), from Proto-Germanic *selkaną (“to fall in drops; dribble; droop”), from Proto-Indo-European *sélǵ-o-nom, from *selǵ- (“to let go, send”). Cognate with several Indo-Iranian words deriving from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sarȷ́- (such as Sanskrit सृजति (sṛjáti), सर्जन (sárjana), सृक (sṛká)), possibly Hittite 𒊭𒀠𒀝𒍣 (ša-al-ak-zi /⁠šalkzi⁠/, “knead, mix”), although the semantic connection is weak.

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