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sulk

Pronunciation: /sʌlk/

The English word “sulk” has 5 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn.

noun

  1. A state of sulking.
  2. A fit of sulking; a sulking mood.
  3. A person who sulks
  4. A furrow.

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 past participle of Old English āseolcan (“be slow; be weak or slothful; languish”), from Proto-Germanic *selkaną (“to fall in drops; dribble;…

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