Both Uses of
sulk
in
Number the Stars
- Farther back, Kirsti was still sulking, and walking slowly toward the corner.†
p. 3.4sulking = overly unhappy and unsociable
- But Mama had been firm, and finally Kirsti, sulking, had trudged upstairs with her dolls under one arm and the kitten under the other.†
p. 78.5 *
Definition:
to be overly unhappy and unsociable -- often due to disappointment or a sense of not getting what was deserved