Synonyms of the word sulkiness


SULKINESSBITTERNESS - GALL - HUFFISHNESS - HUMOR - HUMOUR - MOOD - MOROSENESS - RANCOR - RANCOUR - RESENTMENT - SOURNESS - SULK - SULLENNESS - TEMPER

sulkiness

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

bitterness

  • n. The quality of having a bitter taste.
  • n. The quality of feeling bitter; acrimony, resentment.

gall

  • n. (anatomy, obsolete, uncountable) Bile, especially that of an animal; the greenish, profoundly bitter-tasting…
  • n. (anatomy) The gall bladder.
  • n. (uncountable, obsolete) Great misery or physical suffering, likened to the bitterest-tasting of substances.
  • n. (countable) A bump-like imperfection resembling a gall.
  • n. (uncountable) A feeling of exasperation.
  • n. (uncountable) Impudence or brazenness; temerity, chutzpah.
  • n. (medicine, obsolete, countable) A sore or open wound caused by chafing, which may become infected, as…
  • n. (countable) A sore on a horse caused by an ill-fitted or ill-adjusted saddle; a saddle sore.
  • n. (countable) A pit on a surface being cut caused by the friction between the two surfaces exceeding the…
  • v. (transitive) To trouble or bother.
  • v. To harass, to harry, often with the intent to cause injury.
  • v. To chafe, to rub or subject to friction; to create a sore on the skin.
  • v. To exasperate.
  • v. To cause pitting on a surface being cut from the friction between the two surfaces exceeding the bond…
  • v. To scoff; to jeer.
  • n. (countable, phytopathology) A blister or tumor-like growth found on the surface of plants, caused by burrowing…
  • v. To impregnate with a decoction of gallnuts in dyeing.

huffishness

  • n. The quality of being huffish.

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,…

moroseness

  • n. Gloominess; sullenness; deep sadness.

rancor

  • n. The deepest malignity or spite; deep-seated enmity or malice; inveterate hatred.

rancour

  • n. Britain and Canada spelling of rancor.

resentment

  • n. A feeling of anger or displeasure stemming from belief that one has been wronged by others or betrayed;…
  • n. (obsolete) The state of holding something in the mind as a subject of contemplation, or of being inclined…
  • n. (obsolete) satisfaction; gratitude.

sourness

  • n. The quality or condition of being sour, usually said of human personalities.

sulk

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

sullenness

  • n. (uncountable) The state or quality of being sullen.
  • n. (countable, rare) The result or product of being sullen.

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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