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.†
p. 5.0sulking = overly unhappy and unsociable
- What are you sulky for?†
p. 37.7
- And now that we've done washing, and combing, and sulking — tell me whether you don't think yourself rather handsome?†
p. 40.3 *
- I inquired, less sulkily.†
p. 55.2sulkily = in an excessively unhappy and unsociable manner
- 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.†
p. 60.5sulky = overly unhappy and unsociable
- 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.†
p. 70.7
- 'It has been revived,' muttered Cathy, sulkily.†
p. 177.2sulkily = in an excessively unhappy and unsociable manner
- 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.†
p. 217.1sulky = overly unhappy and unsociable
- 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.†
p. 226.4sulkiness = the characteristic of being excessively unhappy and unsociable
Definition:
to be overly unhappy and unsociable -- often due to disappointment or a sense of not getting what was deserved