sulking

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English

Verb

sulking

  1. present participle and gerund of sulk

Noun

sulking (plural sulkings)

  1. The act of one who sulks.
    • 1863, J Sheridan Le Fanu, “Concerning a Rouleau of Guineas and the Crack of a Pistol”, in The House by the Church-yard. , volume II, London: Tinsley, Brothers, , →OCLC, page 146:
      "He has seen you, too, he says; and thinks you have seen him, hey?" and Dangerfield chuckled more and more knowingly, and watched his shiftings and sulkings with a pleasant grin, as he teased and quizzed him in his own enigmatical way.

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