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sulkiness

noun as in sourness

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Example Sentences

In the last two weeks Gertrude found something ominous in Brodrick's silence and sulkiness.

This sulkiness annoys us more than anything else, but we also get very angry with him for being afraid of everything.

Not only his face but his whole body looked the prey of an almost venomous sulkiness.

"We owe three guineas on points," growled a voice which, to judge by its sulkiness, belonged to Mr. Tregaskis.

This was said so simply, and with such conviction-carrying certainty—that in spite of himself Lambert's sulkiness vanished.

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On this page you'll find 5 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to sulkiness, such as: anger, gloominess, glumness, sullenness, and grouchiness.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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