'Sulkiness' definitions:

Definition of 'sulkiness'

(from WordNet)
noun
A mood or display of sullen aloofness or withdrawal; "stayed home in a sulk" [syn: sulk, sulkiness]
noun
A feeling of sulky resentment [syn: sulkiness, huffishness]
noun
A sullen moody resentful disposition [syn: sulkiness, sullenness, moroseness, sourness]

Definition of 'Sulkiness'

From: GCIDE
  • Sulkiness \Sulk"i*ness\, n. [For sulkenness, fr. AS. solcen slothful, remiss, in [=a]solcen, besolcen, properly p. p. of sealcan in [=a]sealcan to be weak or slothful; of uncertain origin.] The quality or state of being sulky; sullenness; moroseness; as, sulkiness of disposition. [1913 Webster]

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