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sulk
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)
- (intransitive) to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn.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)
- A state of sulking.
- Leo has been in a sulk all morning.
- A person who sulks
- Don't be such a sulk, Leo!
Translations
References
Etymology 2
Latin sulcus.
Noun
sulk (plural sulks)
- 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
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sunk
English
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /s??k/
- Rhymes: -??k
Verb
sunk
- past participle of sink
- (dialectal) past tense of sink
- Jonathan Swift
- He sunk beneath the cumbrous weight.
- Jonathan Swift
See also
- sank
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- what sunk the yamato
- what sank the titanic
- what sunk the uss maine
- what sunk the britannic
- what sunk the edmund fitzgerald
- what sunk the uss arizona
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