Sulkiness — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a mood or display of sullen aloofness or withdrawal

a feeling of sulky resentment

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/sˈʌlkinəs/

🇬🇧British English

/sˈʌlkinəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/sˈʌlkinəs/

3 syllables Say it as /sˈʌlkinəs/.

Examples

stayed home in a sulk

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

sullenness moroseness huffishness sulk sourness

Parts of Speech

noun	a mood or display of sullen aloofness or withdrawal “stayed home in a sulk”
noun	a feeling of sulky resentment
noun	a sullen moody resentful disposition

Word Forms

sulky	adjective	sullen or moody
sulk	verb	be in a huff and display one's displeasure
huffish	adjective	sullen or moody
sullen	adjective	showing a brooding ill humor; ; ; ; ; ; - Bruce Bliven
morose	adjective	showing a brooding ill humor; ; ; ; ; ; - Bruce Bliven
sour	adjective	showing a brooding ill humor; ; ; ; ; ; - Bruce Bliven

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Schmollen

eine Stimmung oder ein Ausdruck mürrischer Distanziertheit oder Zurückgezogenheit

🇫🇷French

bouderie

une humeur ou une démonstration de distance maussade ou de retrait

🇪🇸Spanish

mal humor

un estado de ánimo o muestra de hosco distanciamiento o retraimiento

🇮🇹Italian

malumore

uno stato d'animo o una manifestazione di scontroso distacco o ritiro

🇳🇱Dutch

mokken

een stemming of vertoon van norse afstandelijkheid of terugtrekking

🇵🇹Portuguese

mau humor

um humor ou demonstração de indiferença ou retraimento taciturno

🇷🇺Russian

угрюмость

настроение или проявление угрюмой отчужденности или отстраненности

India

🇮🇳Hindi

नाराज़गी

उदास अलगाव या वापसी का मूड या प्रदर्शन

🇮🇳Telugu

గంభీరత

ఒక మానసిక స్థితి లేదా విచక్షణ లేదా ఉపసంహరణ యొక్క ప్రదర్శన

🇮🇳Marathi

उदासपणा

मूड किंवा उदास अलिप्तपणा किंवा माघार घेण्याचे प्रदर्शन

🇮🇳Gujarati

ઉદાસીનતા

મૂડ અથવા ઉદાસીનતા અથવા ઉપાડનું પ્રદર્શન

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸ್ಲ್ಕಿನೆಸ್

ಒರಟುತನ ಅಥವಾ ಹಿಂತೆಗೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳುವಿಕೆಯ ಮನಸ್ಥಿತಿ ಅಥವಾ ಪ್ರದರ್ಶನ

🇮🇳Malayalam

മന്ദബുദ്ധി

ഒരു മാനസികാവസ്ഥ അല്ലെങ്കിൽ പ്രകടമായ അകൽച്ച അല്ലെങ്കിൽ പിൻവലിക്കൽ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਉਦਾਸੀ

ਇੱਕ ਮੂਡ ਜਾਂ ਉਦਾਸ ਅਲੌਕਿਕਤਾ ਜਾਂ ਵਾਪਸੀ ਦਾ ਪ੍ਰਦਰਸ਼ਨ

🇵🇰Urdu

گڑبڑ

موڈ یا اداس تنہائی یا دستبرداری کا مظاہرہ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

闷闷不乐

阴郁、冷漠或退缩的情绪或表现

🇯🇵Japanese

不機嫌

不機嫌そうなよそよそしさ、あるいは引きこもりの気分や表現

🇰🇷Korean

부루퉁함

음침한 냉담함이나 위축의 기분이나 표현

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự hờn dỗi

một tâm trạng hoặc thể hiện sự xa cách hoặc rút lui ủ rũ

🇹🇭Thai

ความบูดบึ้ง

อารมณ์หรือการแสดงความโดดเดี่ยวหรือการถอนตัวบูดบึ้ง

🇮🇩Indonesian

rasa merajuk

suasana hati atau tampilan sikap acuh tak acuh atau penarikan diri yang cemberut

🇵🇭Filipino

pagtatampo

isang mood o pagpapakita ng masungit na pag-iwas o pag-alis

🇲🇾Malay

merajuk

mood atau paparan sikap menyendiri atau menarik diri

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

العبوس

مزاج أو عرض للعزلة أو الانسحاب

🇮🇷Persian

تیرگی

حالت یا نمایش عبوس یا گوشه گیری

🇹🇷Turkish

somurtkanlık

somurtkan bir uzak durma veya geri çekilme ruh hali veya görüntüsü

🇮🇱Hebrew

עצבנות

מצב רוח או מראה של ריחוק זועף או נסיגה

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