sulkiness

Other forms: sulkinesses

Definitions of sulkiness
  1. noun
    a mood or display of sullen aloofness or withdrawal
    synonyms: sulk
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    type of:
    humor, humour, mood, temper
    a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
  2. noun
    a sullen moody resentful disposition
    synonyms: moroseness, sourness, sullenness
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    type of:
    ill nature
    a disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent disposition
  3. noun
    a feeling of sulky resentment
    synonyms: huffishness
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    type of:
    bitterness, gall, rancor, rancour, resentment
    a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
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