SULK

A SULK [sʌlk] is a mood or display of sullen aloofness or withdrawal; often a reaction to feelings of being rejected. You can be in a sulk, be in a fit of the sulks, go into a sulk, get the sulks, have a case of the sulks, etc. Come on, don't get in a sulk.

"I went upstairs to my room, like a teenager in a sulk."

It is closely associated with envy and a desire to destroy the contentment of the other person. Instead of getting openly angry, the sulker retaliates with moody silences or monosyllabic replies designed as a punishment.

"Lying in my room, in a tearful sulk, I often wished I were dead."

TO SULK means to be be in a huff and display one's displeasure; be silent, grumpy, unsociable and bad-tempered; bug out, curl your lip, frown, etc. out of annoyance or disappointment.

"The answer began with a sulk and ended with a smirk."

When you are displeased by something and you let your gloomy mood show, you're sulking. Do you want to bake another cake, or are you going to sulk all day about the one you dropped?

"He sulked and wouldn't change his socks for the rest of the school year."

When you say someone sulks, the tone of the word suggests the person is overdoing it. You wouldn't accuse a widow of sulking at her husband's funeral, because she has a good reason to be sad and gloomy.

"He didn't hide or avoid the questions or sulk in his own misery."

Sulking is generally thought of as something which children do rather than adults, but it is a major blight on many adult lives. Honey, I apologized for like 2 hours, stop sulking!