All 5 Uses
sulk
in
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
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- Indeed, she had quite a long argument with the Lory, who at last turned sulky, and would only say, 'I am older than you, and must know better'; and this Alice would not allow without knowing how old it was, and, as the Lory positively refused to tell its age, there was no more to be said.†
Chpt 3sulky = overly unhappy and unsociable
- 'Well, be off, then!' said the Pigeon in a sulky tone, as it settled down again into its nest.†
Chpt 5
- sh!' and the Dormouse sulkily remarked, 'If you can't be civil, you'd better finish the story for yourself.'†
Chpt 7 *sulkily = in an excessively unhappy and unsociable manner
- 'I couldn't help it,' said Five, in a sulky tone; 'Seven jogged my elbow.'†
Chpt 8sulky = overly unhappy and unsociable
- And he got up very sulkily and crossed over to the other side of the court.†
Chpt 11sulkily = in an excessively unhappy and unsociable manner
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)