sulk
Plural: sulks
Noun
- a mood or display of sullen aloofness or withdrawal
- "stayed home in a sulk"
- A state of sulking.
- A fit of sulking; a sulking mood.
- A person who sulks
- A furrow.
Verb
Verb Forms: sulked, sulking, sulks
- To be sullenly silent or withdrawn in resentment.
- be in a huff and display one's displeasure
- To express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn.
Examples
- Don't be such a sulk, Leo!
- Leo has been in a sulk all morning.
- My opponent started to SULK after I blocked their best scoring lane.
Origin / 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; droop”), from Proto-Indo-European *sélǵ-o-nom, from *selǵ- (“to let go, send”). Cognate with several Indo-Iranian words deriving from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sarȷ́- (such as Sanskrit सृजति (sṛjáti), सर्जन (sárjana), सृक (sṛká)), possibly Hittite 𒊭𒀠𒀝𒍣 (ša-al-ak-zi /šalkzi/, “knead, mix”), although the semantic connection is weak.
Scrabble Score: 8
sulk: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordsulk: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sulk: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary