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intransitive verb
sulk
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Synonyms: Verb
grump, mope, pout
Synonyms: Noun
grouch, hump [British], pet, pouts, snit, sulkiness, sullenness
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1781, in the meaning defined above
1804, in the meaning defined at sense 1
back-formation from sulky
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