sulky
adjective
marked by or given to sulking; sullen.
sulkiness
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a word derived from
sulky.
Example Sentences
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Her natural sulkiness fell away and she began to tap her manicured fingers to the tune of Glukoza’s “Tantsui, Rossiya!”
From New York Times ● May 11, 2020
Erskine and Quaid enjoy a decent chemistry — she’s all attitude and the life of the party, while his sulkiness somehow makes him attractive.
From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2019
Recently, she said, they were working on a scene in which Terry is giving Anna a hard time about her weight and sulkiness.
From New York Times ● Aug. 23, 2012
There's a bit of verbal argy-bargy, sulkiness and tension.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 1, 2012
Our driver was an exception to the general rule, but sulkiness had more to do than inability with his apparent embarrassment.
From Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. by Xavier Hommaire de Hell
