sulk·y
adjective/ˈsʌlki/
/ˈsʌlki/
(disapproving)- in a bad mood or not speaking because you are angry about something
面有愠色的；生闷气的 - Sarah had looked sulky all morning.
萨拉一上午都不高兴地板着脸。 - a sulky child
闷闷不乐的孩子 - He lapsed into a sulky silence.
他陷入了阴沉的沉默之中。
WordfinderTopics Personal qualitiesc2, Feelingsc2- adolescent
- immature
- mixed up
- naive
- puberty
- rebellious
- sulky
- tearaway
- teenager
- young
Oxford Collocations DictionarySulky is used with these nouns:- child
- teenager
Word Originmid 18th cent.: perhaps from obsolete sulke ‘hard to dispose of’, of unknown origin. - Sarah had looked sulky all morning.