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Meaning of "sulkiness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SULKINESS

sulkiness  [ˈsʌlkɪnɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SULKINESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sulkiness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SULKINESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of sulkiness in the English dictionary

The definition of sulkiness in the dictionary is a tendency to be sullen or resentful.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SULKINESS


bulkiness
ˈbʌlkɪnɪs
cheekiness
ˈtʃiːkɪnɪs
cockiness
ˈkɒkɪnɪs
huskiness
ˈhʌskɪnɪs
jerkiness
ˈdʒɜːkɪnɪs
kinkiness
ˈkɪŋkɪnɪs
muckiness
ˈmʌkɪnɪs
murkiness
ˈmɜːkɪnɪs
muskiness
ˈmʌskɪnɪs
perkiness
ˈpɜːkɪnɪs
quirkiness
ˈkwɜːkɪnɪs
riskiness
ˈrɪskɪnɪs
shakiness
ˈʃeɪkɪnɪs
silkiness
ˈsɪlkɪnɪs
smokiness
ˈsməʊkɪnɪs
sneakiness
ˈsniːkɪnɪs
spookiness
ˈspuːkɪnɪs
stickiness
ˈstɪkɪnɪs
tackiness
ˈtækɪnɪs
wackiness
ˈwækɪnɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SULKINESS

sulfurously
sulfurousness
sulfury
sulfuryl
sulk
sulker
sulkier
sulkies
sulkiest
sulkily
sulky
Sulla
sullage
sullen
sullenly
sullenness
sullens
sulliable
sullied
sullies

WORDS THAT END LIKE SULKINESS

agribusiness
big business
business
cleanliness
cleanliness is next to godliness
comeliness
dizziness
do the business
e-business
emptiness
family business
fitness
friendliness
happiness
holiness
laziness
loneliness
loveliness
readiness
show business
timeliness

Synonyms and antonyms of sulkiness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sulkiness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SULKINESS

Find out the translation of sulkiness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sulkiness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sulkiness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

sulkiness
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sulkiness
570 millions of speakers

English

sulkiness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

sulkiness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

العبوس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

угрюмость
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sulkiness
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

sulkiness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bouderie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sulkiness
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

sulkiness
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

sulkiness
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

sulkiness
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sulkiness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sulkiness
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

sulkiness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चिडखोरपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

somurtkanlık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

broncio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sulkiness
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

похмурість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sulkiness
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κατσούφιασμα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sulkiness
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sulkiness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sulkiness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sulkiness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SULKINESS»

The term «sulkiness» is normally little used and occupies the 147.942 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of sulkiness
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SULKINESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «sulkiness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «sulkiness» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sulkiness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SULKINESS»

Discover the use of sulkiness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sulkiness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Scott's Monthly Magazine
It is a curious, and to some will appear an unaccountable circumstance that in sulkiness a woman is more often possessed with a dumb devil than is a man. Sulkiness is visible even in the nursery, where it exists, so to speak, in the tonn of a ...
William J. Scott, William Henry Wylly, 1869
2
The Living Age ...
It is a curious, and to some will appear an unaccountable, circumstance that in sulkiness a woman is more often possessed with a dumb devil than is a man. Sulkiness is visible even in the nursery, where it exists, so to speak, in the form of a ...
‎1869
3
Littell's Living Age
It is a curious, and to some will appear an unaccountable, circumstance that in sulkiness a woman is more often possessed with a dumb devil than is a man. Sulkiness is visible even in <he nursery, where it exists, so to speak, in the form of a ...
Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell, 1869
4
The Living Age ...
It is a curious, and to some will appear an unaccountable, circumstance that in sulkiness a woman is more often possessed with a dumb devil than is a man. Sulkiness is visible even in <he nursery, where it exists, so to speak, in the form of a ...
Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell, 1869
5
Every Saturday
SULKINESS. Great is the power of sulkiness. Fortunately for the world, it rarely exists in its highest and most concentrated form, for, if united to real intellectual or moral force, it would be a despotism so thorough as to be injurious to the general  ...
‎1869
6
The Ladies' Repository
Nothing prevents your having your own way so much as being at all amenable to reason." And sulkiness neither gives reasons nor listens to them. The sulky being sometimes wears a depressed, spiritless, and utterly dejected appearance, ...
‎1869
7
A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary: And Expositor of the ...
Thus we are in a sullen mood, and in a sulky tit; men and women are said to be - Sullen, and children Sulky ; sullenness may be predicated of inanimate objects, sulkiness only of such as are animated. " No cheerful breeze this tnlltn region ...
John Walker, 1834
8
Psychology Books Part - 2:
The act of frowning—Reflectionwithaneffort,orwiththeperceptionof something difficult ordisagreeable—Abstractedmeditation—Illtemper —Moroseness— Obstinacy Sulkiness and pouting—Decision or determination—The firm closure of the ...
Publish This, 2013
9
Advice to Young Men
Sulkiness, if you be not too blind to perceive it, is a temper to be avoided by all means. A sulky man is bad enough ; what, then, must be a sulky woman, and that woman a wife ; a constant inmate, a companion day and night! Only think of the ...
William Cobbett, 2006
10
A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the ...
If it be asked, what Is the difference between these wordst I would answer, that sullenneia seems to be an habitual sulkiness, and sulkiness a temporary snl- lennedi. The former may be an innate disposition ; the latter, a disposition occasioned ...
John Walker, Thomas Tegg ((Londres)), 1827

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SULKINESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sulkiness is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Let the boy go: Why Lorient would be dumb to hold on to Jordan Ayew
An unhappy Jordan -- with a few creases added to his ever-present frown -- isn't worth keeping, even if the sulkiness and malcontent doesn't affect his output. «Starr 103.5 FM, Jul 15»
2
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Of course, such an outlook might be dismissed as mere adolescent sulkiness if they didn't have the tunes to back it up. As they made clear on both the ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
3
THE HOYOS FILE: Gasification – garbage in, garbage out
... has once more returned to its lair of passive-aggressive sulkiness, at least on the topic of the its alleged memorandum of understanding with Cahill Energy. «Nation News, Jul 15»
4
Mens' legs must never be exposed to daylight says COLIN DUNNE
At the first sign of rebellion, bad manners, sulkiness or a cheeky look, at any expression other than gentle breathing, the mother could lean forward, and, with a ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
5
Conciliatory mood among councillors in wake of Hundertwasser …
Even council's Hundertwasser non-believers are mostly concealing any sulkiness they may be feeling at the outcome. The majority are falling over themselves to ... «Auckland stuff.co.nz, Jun 15»
6
Review: In 'Song From the Forest,' Louis Sarno Links Africa and …
Samedi speaks no English but is fluent in the language of childhood sulkiness. Exposed to Western excess, he sits on a bed surrounded with new toys and says ... «New York Times, Apr 15»
7
Harper loves crime victims — until they talk back
In recent weeks, two former employees of Stephen Harper have suggested that the prime minister suffers from some personality quirks: grumpiness, sulkiness, ... «iPolitics.ca, Jun 14»
8
A Story Of Children And Film
Shyness, theatricality and sulkiness are among the abstract filing categories that give shape to this good-natured and enjoyable collage documentary. A Story of ... «Little White Lies, Apr 14»
9
Maryland-Virginia Tech preview: Evan Smotrycz brings improved …
... the general sulkiness with which the junior forward carried himself at adverse moments. So after a recent practice, Turgeon offered some candid advice to the ... «Washington Post, Mar 14»
10
Dimitar Berbatov - A tribute
His career in England had fizzled out, to the extent where he could slip out of the back door unnoticed, with an air of sulkiness so perfectly embodied by Harry ... «Cherwell Online, Feb 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Sulkiness [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/sulkiness>. May 2024 ».
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