Sulking Meaning in English

word · lemma: sulk

US

ˈsəɫkɪŋ

SUHL-king

UK

sˈʌlkɪŋ

SUL-king

التعريف

Staying quiet and sad, often with a bad mood, because you are upset or didn't get what you want.

الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة

'Sulking' is informal, often describes children but is used for adults too. Common phrases: 'stop sulking', 'caught sulking', or 'went off sulking.' Implies lingering, visible unhappiness, not open anger.

• Spanish: refunfuñando - enfurruñado
• Portuguese (BR): emburrado - amuado
• Portuguese (PT): amuanço - amuado
• Chinese (Simplified): 生闷气 - 闹别扭
• Chinese (Traditional): 生悶氣 - 鬧彆扭
• Hindi: मुँह फुलाना
• Arabic: مُكتئب - عابس
• Bengali: অভিমান করা - মুখ গোমড়া করা
• Russian: дуться - обижаться
• Japanese: すねる
• Vietnamese: hờn dỗi - giận dỗi
• Korean: 삐치다 - 토라지다
• Turkish: somurtmak - küsmek
• Urdu: منہ بسورنا
• Indonesian: merajuk

جمل نموذجية

He is sulking because he lost the game.

basic

Why are you sulking in your room?

basic

She was sulking all afternoon after the argument.

basic

Don’t mind him, he’s just sulking because dinner’s late.

natural

Stop sulking and tell me what’s wrong.

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I caught my little brother sulking in the corner after he got scolded.

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