All 9 Uses of
sulk
in
Wuthering Heights
- I bowed and returned the pledge; beginning to perceive that it would be foolish to sit sulking for the misbehaviour of a pack of curs; besides, I felt loth to yield the fellow further amusement at my expense; since his humour took that turn.†
Chpt 1sulking = overly unhappy and unsociable
- And now that we've done washing, and combing, and sulking — tell me whether you don't think yourself rather handsome?†
Chpt 7 *
- I inquired, less sulkily.†
Chpt 9sulkily = in an excessively unhappy and unsociable manner
- 'It has been revived,' muttered Cathy, sulkily.†
Chpt 23
- I saw she was sorry for his persevering sulkiness and indolence: her conscience reproved her for frightening him off improving himself: she had done it effectually.†
Chpt 32sulkiness = the characteristic of being excessively unhappy and unsociable
- What are you sulky for?†
Chpt 7
- It's surely no great cause of alarm that Heathcliff should take a moonlight saunter on the moors, or even lie too sulky to speak to us in the hay-loft.†
Chpt 9
- Edgar is sulky, because I'm glad of a thing that does not interest him: he refuses to open his mouth, except to utter pettish, silly speeches; and he affirmed I was cruel and selfish for wishing to talk when he was so sick and sleepy.†
Chpt 10
- We entered together; Catherine was there, making herself useful in preparing some vegetables for the approaching meal; she looked more sulky and less spirited than when I had seen her first.†
Chpt 31
Definitions:
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(1)
(sulk) to be overly unhappy and unsociable -- often due to disappointment or a sense of not getting what was deserved
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)