sulkinessn.
/ˈsʌlkɪnɪs/ The state or quality of being sulky.
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the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > [noun]
melancholya1393
morosity1534
distemperature1571
distemperance1574
diverseness1574
sullennessa1586
spleen1596
distemper1604
mustinessa1625
canker?1635
distemperedness1649
moroseness1653
tetricalness1653
moodiness1694
dishumour1712
ill humour1748
sulkiness1760
stuff1787
funk1808
sumphishness1830
spleenishness1847
moodishness1857
grouchiness1925
society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > [noun] > moroseness or sulking
morosity1534
dort1632
moroseness1653
surliness1700
sulkiness1760
sulk1792
sulks1805
sulking1880
mard1998
1760 T. Gray Let. 12 Aug. in Corr. (1971) II. 693 Three women that laughed from morning to night, and would allow nothing to the sulkiness of my disposition.
1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian vii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 191 Driven into pettish sulkiness by the persecution of the interrogators.
1885 Manch. Evening News 2 Feb. 2/4 Their sulkiness manifests itself in the most peevish manner.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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