Definition of Sulks

1. n. pl. The condition of being sulky; a sulky mood or humor; as, to be in the sulks.

Definition of Sulks

1. Noun. (plural of sulk) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of sulk) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sulks

1. sulk [v] - See also: sulk

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sulks

sulindac sulfone
suling
sulings
sulisobenzone
sulk
sulked
sulker
sulkers
sulkier
sulkies
sulkiest
sulkily
sulkiness
sulkinesses
sulking
sulks (current term)
sulky
sull
sullage
sullages
sulled
sullen
sullener
sullenest
sullenly
sullenness
sullennesses
sulliable
sulliage
sullied

Literary usage of Sulks

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bismarck, the Man and the Statesman: Being the Reflections and Reminiscences by Otto Bismarck (1898)
"Soon after the date of this last letter the disagreement between the King and Manteuffel became so acute that the latter retired in the sulks to his estate ..."

2. Bismarck, the Man and the Statesman: Being the Reflections and Reminiscences by Otto Bismarck, Arthur John Butler (1899)
"Soon after the date of this last letter the disagreement between the King and Manteuffel became so acute that the latter retired in the sulks to his estate ..."

3. Bismarck, the Man & the Statesman: Being the Reflections and Reminiscences by Otto Bismarck (1898)
"Soon after the date of this last letter the disagreement between the King and Manteuffel became so acute that the latter retired in the sulks to his estate ..."

4. Bismarck, the Man and the Statesman: Being the Reflections and Reminiscences by Otto Bismarck, Arthur John Butler (1899)
"Soon after the date of this last letter the disagreement between the King and Manteuffel became so acute that the latter retired in the sulks to his estate ..."

5. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (2005)
"looks and sulks from the various girls that Link was getting more ass than a toilet seat. Her brother spent the winter turning into the kind of stud that ..."

6. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (2006)
"looks and sulks from the various girls that Link was getting more ass than a toilet seat. Her brother spent the winter turning into the kind of stud that ..."

7. French Civilization in the Nineteenth Century: A Historical Introduction by Albert Léon Guérard (1914)
"Balzac's Human Comedy as a document: merits and limitations—The aristocracy: its silver age under the Restoration; sulks under Louis-Philippe—The upper ..."

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