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sulkiness

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sulkiness  \Sulk"i*ness\,  n.  [For  sulkenness,  fr  AS  solcen 
  slothful,  remiss,  in  [=a]solcen,  besolcen  properly  p.  p.  of 
  sealcan  in  [=a]sealcan  to  be  weak  or  slothful;  of  uncertain 
  origin.] 
  The  quality  or  state  of  being  sulky;  sullenness;  moroseness; 
  as  sulkiness  of  disposition. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sulkiness 
  n  1:  a  mood  or  display  of  sullen  aloofness  or  withdrawal:  "stayed 
  home  in  a  sulk"  [syn:  {sulk}] 
  2:  a  feeling  of  sulky  resentment  [syn:  {huffishness}] 
  3:  a  sullen  moody  resentful  disposition  [syn:  {sullenness},  {moroseness}, 
  {sourness}]




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