different between sulk vs mull

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?lk/
• Rhymes: -?lk

Etymology 1

Back-formation from sulky, of uncertain origin. Probably from Middle English *sulke, *solke (attested in solcennesse (“idleness; laziness”), from Old English ?solcennys (“idleness; slothfulness; sluggishness; laziness”), from ?solcen (“sulky, languid”), from past participle of Old English ?seolcan (“be slow; be weak or slothful; languish”), from Proto-Germanic *selkan? (“to fall in drops; dribble; droop”), from Proto-Indo-European *sél?-o-nom, from *sel?- (“to let go, send”). Cognate with several Indo-Iranian words deriving from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sar??- (such as Sanskrit ????? (s?játi), ?????? (sarjati), ????? (sárjana), ??? (s?ká)), possibly Hittite ???????????????? (ša-al-ak-zi /šalkzi/, “knead, mix”), although the semantic connection is weak.

Verb

sulk (third-person singular simple present sulks, present participle sulking, simple past and past participle sulked)

1. (intransitive) to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn.

Usage notes

Not to be confused with skulk.

Synonyms

• mope

Related terms

• sulkily
• sulky

Translations

Noun

sulk (plural sulks)

1. A state of sulking.

   Leo has been in a sulk all morning.

2. A person who sulks

   Don't be such a sulk, Leo!

Translations

References

Etymology 2

Latin sulcus.

Noun

sulk (plural sulks)

1. A furrow.

References

• “sulk”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, ?ISBN
• “sulk” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• "sulk" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.

Anagrams

• Lusk, lusk

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /m?l/
• Rhymes: -?l

Etymology 1

Related to mill (“to grind”).

Verb

mull (third-person singular simple present mulls, present participle mulling, simple past and past participle mulled)

1. (usually with over) To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate.

   to mull a thought or a problem

   he paused to mull over his various options before making a decision

   • 1912, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 5

     It was the germ of a thought, which, however, was destined to mull around in his conscious and subconscious mind until it resulted in magnificent achievement.
2. To powder; to pulverize.
3. To chop marijuana so that it becomes a smokable form.
4. To heat and spice something, such as wine.
5. To join two or more individual windows at mullions.
6. To dull or stupefy.

Derived terms

• mulled wine, mulled cider

Translations

Noun

mull (countable and uncountable, plural mulls)

1. A thin, soft muslin.
2. (uncountable) Marijuana that has been chopped to prepare it for smoking.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:marijuana

3. A stew of meat, broth, milk, butter, vegetables, and seasonings, thickened with soda crackers.
4. The gauze used in bookbinding to adhere a text block to a book's cover.
5. An inferior kind of madder prepared from the smaller roots or the peelings and refuse of the larger.

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

mull (plural mulls)

1. (Scotland) A promontory.

   the Mull of Kintyre

2. A snuffbox made of the small end of a horn.

Etymology 3

From Middle English molle (“rubbish”), from Middle French mol or its etymon Latin mollis.

Noun

mull (uncountable)

1. dirt; rubbish

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Gower to this entry?)

Middle English

Noun

mull

1. Alternative form of molle (“rubbish”)

Scots

Noun

mull (plural mulls)

1. headland

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse mold, from Proto-Germanic *muld? (“dirt, soil”). Cognate with Icelandic mold, German Mull, Dutch moude and Gothic ???????????????????? (mulda).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?l/

Noun

mull c

1. mould, earth, soil

   Synonym: mylla

2. dust

Declension

References

• mull in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• mull in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)