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What is another word for sulking?

Pronunciation: [sˈʌlkɪŋ] (IPA)

Sulking can be a negative behavior that often shows up in both children and adults when they are upset or angry about something. Fortunately, there are many synonyms that can be used instead of sulking to help communicate the same idea in more positive ways. Some alternatives to sulking include pouting, brooding, moping, fretting, fuming, seething, simmering, or even boiling with rage. Using any of these synonymous words can help convey a person's mood of displeasure or dissatisfaction without the negative connotation that often comes with sulking. When trying to express a feeling of disappointment or annoyance, it's important to choose a positive and appropriate word that accurately portrays the emotion you are experiencing.
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    • Verb, gerund or present participle
      Pouting.

What are the hypernyms for Sulking?

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  • Other hypernyms:

    being unhappy, exhibiting negative emotions, feeling frustrated.

Usage examples for Sulking

And she had been sulking!
"The Literary Sense"
E. Nesbit
"After your uncommonly bad behavior in sulking and hiding yourself for the last three days," added Wynnette, who was now standing beside her youngest sister.
"Her Mother's Secret"
Emma D. E. N. Southworth
Cleremont was evidently sulking under the sarcasm passed on him, and took up his cue to play with a bad grace.
"That Boy Of Norcott's"
Charles James Lever

Famous quotes with Sulking

  • When Stark isn't off sulking somewhere, or whatever he's doing when he won't return my calls, I alternate between the two. That usually works well, though occasionally an idea for the wrong guy drifts through my mind.
    Donald E. Westlake
  • However, never daunted, I will cope with adversity in my traditional manner ... sulking and nausea.
    Tom K. Ryan
  • To this period [age seven] I trace my worst faults. Indecision, for I found that by hesitating for a long time over two toys in a shop I would be given both and so was tempted to make two alternatives always seem equally attractive; Ingratitude, for I grew so used to having what I wanted that I assumed it as a right; Laziness, for sloth is the especial vice of tyrants; the Impatience with boredom that is generated by devotion; the Cruelty which comes from a knowledge of power and the Giving way to moods, for I learnt that sulking, crying, moping and malingering were bluffs that paid.
    Cyril Connolly
  • Where is my daddy? asked the emerald. My da? Moll dropped a glass, which shattered. Your father. Yes, said the emerald, amn’t I supposed to have one? He’s not here. Noticed that, said the emerald. I’m never sure what you know and what you don’t know. I ask in true perplexity. He was Deus Lunus. The moon god. Sometimes thought of as the man in the moon. Bosh! said the emerald. I don’t believe it. Do you believe I’m your mother? I do. Do you believe you’re an emerald? I am an emerald. Used to be, said Moll, women wouldn’t drink from a glass into which the moon had shone. For fear of getting knocked up. Surely this is a superstition? Hoo, hoo, said Moll. I like superstition. I thought the moon was female. Don’t be culture-bound. It’s been female in some cultures at some times, and in others, not. What did it feel like? The experience. Not a proper subject for discussion with a child. The emerald sulking. Green looks here and there. Well it wasn’t the worst. Wasn’t the worst. I had an orgasm that lasted three hours. I judge that not the worst.
    Donald Barthelme

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