sulking
English
Verb
sulking
- present participle and gerund of sulk
Noun
sulking (plural sulkings)
- The act of one who sulks.
- 1863, J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, “Concerning a Rouleau of Guineas and the Crack of a Pistol”, in The House by the Church-yard. […], volume II, London: Tinsley, Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 146:
- "He has seen you, too, he says; and thinks you have seen him, hey?" and Dangerfield chuckled more and more knowingly, and watched his shiftings and sulkings with a pleasant grin, as he teased and quizzed him in his own enigmatical way.