sulker

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noun

One who sulks.

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Meanings

nounsulker (plural sulkers)

plural sulkers

  1. One who sulks.

    In hindsight, I am stupefied. What was I thinking? Jeopardizing my only friendships with sulks! I’ve always been a gifted sulker, which explains a lot. Sulkers binge on lonely fantasies.

    2004, David Mitchell, “The Ghastly Ordeal of Timothy Cavendish”, in Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN, page 369

Origin

From sulk + -er.

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APA

sulker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sulker

MLA

“sulker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sulker. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sulker,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sulker.

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