Synonyms of the word sulk


SULKBROOD - HUMOR - HUMOUR - MOOD - POUT - SULKINESS - TEMPER

sulk

  • n. a state of sulking.
  • v. (intransitive) to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn.
  • n. A furrow.

brood

  • n. The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same…
  • n. (uncountable) The young of any egg-laying creature, especially if produced at the same time.
  • n. The eggs and larvae of social insects such as bees, ants and some wasps, especially when gathered together…
  • n. The children in one family.
  • n. That which is bred or produced; breed; species.
  • n. (mining) Heavy waste in tin and copper ores.
  • v. (transitive) To keep an egg warm to make it hatch.
  • v. (transitive) To protect.
  • v. (intransitive) To dwell upon moodily and at length (with adpositions generally being either about or over).

humor

  • n. American spelling of humour.
  • v. American spelling of humour.

humour

  • n. (uncountable) The quality of being amusing, comical, funny.
  • n. (uncountable) A mood, especially a bad mood; a temporary state of mind or disposition brought upon by…
  • n. (archaic or historical) Any of the fluids in an animal body, especially the four "cardinal humours" of…
  • n. (medicine) Either of the two regions of liquid within the eyeball, the aqueous humour and vitreous humour.
  • n. (obsolete) Moist vapour, moisture.
  • v. (transitive) To pacify by indulging.

mood

  • n. A mental or emotional state, composure.
  • n. A sullen mental state; a bad mood.
  • n. A disposition to do something.
  • n. A prevalent atmosphere or feeling.
  • n. (obsolete, Northern England, Scotland) Courage, heart, valor, ; also vim and vigor.
  • n. (grammar) A verb form that depends on how its containing clause relates to the speaker’s or writer’s wish,…

pout

  • v. (intransitive) To push out one's lips.
  • v. (intransitive) To be or pretend to be ill-tempered; to sulk.
  • v. (transitive) To say while pouting.
  • n. One's facial expression when pouting.
  • n. A fit of sulking or sullenness.
  • n. (rare) Shortened name of various fishes such as the hornpout (Ameiurus nebulosus, the brown bullhead),…
  • n. Alternative form of poult.
  • v. (Scotland) To shoot poults.

sulkiness

  • n. (uncountable) The state or quality of being sulky.
  • n. (countable) The result or product of being sulky.

temper

  • n. A tendency to be of a certain type of mood.
  • n. State of mind.
  • n. The state of any compound substance which results from the mixture of various ingredients; due mixture…
  • n. (obsolete) Constitution of body; the mixture or relative proportion of the four humours: blood, choler,…
  • n. The heat treatment to which a metal or other material has been subjected; a material that has undergone…
  • n. Calmness of mind; moderation; equanimity; composure.
  • n. The state of a metal or other substance, especially as to its hardness, produced by some process of heating…
  • n. Middle state or course; mean; medium.
  • n. (sugar manufacture, historical) Milk of lime, or other substance, employed in the process formerly used…
  • v. To moderate or control.
  • v. To strengthen or toughen a material, especially metal, by heat treatment; anneal.
  • v. To sauté spices in ghee or oil to release essential oils for flavouring a dish in South Asian cuisine.
  • v. To mix clay, plaster or mortar with water to obtain the proper consistency.
  • v. (music) To adjust, as the mathematical scale to the actual scale, or to that in actual use.
  • v. (obsolete, Latinism) To govern; to manage.
  • v. (archaic) To combine in due proportions; to constitute; to compose.
  • v. (archaic) To mingle in due proportion; to prepare by combining; to modify, as by adding some new element;…
  • v. (obsolete) To fit together; to adjust; to accommodate.

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