(the) sulks

(the) sulks
sulk [sulk sulks sulked sulking] verb, noun [sʌlk] [sʌlk]
to look angry and refuse to speak or smile because you want people to know that you are upset about sth

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He went off to sulk in his room.

Verb forms:  
Word Origin:
late 18th cent.: perhaps a back-formation from ↑sulky.  
Example Bank:

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He was still sulking about the break-up of his band.

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She sulked all the way to the theatre.

 
noun (BrE also the sulks plural)
a period of not speaking and being bad-tempered because you are angry about sth

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Jo was

in a sulk

upstairs.

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to have the sulks

 
Word Origin:
late 18th cent.: perhaps a back-formation from ↑sulky.  
Example Bank:

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Ed's got the sulks again.

 

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