[syn: sulkiness, sullenness, moroseness, sourness]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sulkiness
n 1: a mood or display of sullen aloofness or withdrawal;
"stayed home in a sulk" [syn: sulk, sulkiness]
2: a feeling of sulky resentment [syn: sulkiness,
huffishness]
3: a sullen moody resentful disposition [syn: sulkiness,
sullenness, moroseness, sourness]