sulking

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noun

The act of one who sulks.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of sulk
nounsulking (plural sulkings)

plural sulkings

  1. The act of one who sulks.

    "He has seen you, too, he says; and thinks you have seen him, hey?" and Dangerfield chuckled more and more knowingly, and watched his shiftings and sulkings with a pleasant grin, as he teased and quizzed him in his own enigmatical way.

    1863, J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, “Concerning a Rouleau of Guineas and the Crack of a Pistol”, in The House by the Church-yard. […], volume II, London: Tinsley, Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 146
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