Both Uses of
sulk
in
The Age of Innocence
- After that there was still time to review, one by one, the familiar countenances in the first rows; the women's sharp with curiosity and excitement, the men's sulky with the obligation of having to put on their frock-coats before luncheon, and fight for food at the wedding-breakfast.†
Chpt 19 *sulky = overly unhappy and unsociable
- She turned the wick down, lifted off the globe, and breathed on the sulky flame.†
Chpt 26
Definition:
to be overly unhappy and unsociable -- often due to disappointment or a sense of not getting what was deserved