Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sulkiness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sulkiness
n 1: a mood or display of sullen aloofness or withdrawal: "stayed
home in a sulk" [syn: {sulk}]
2: a feeling of sulky resentment [syn: {huffishness}]
3: a sullen moody resentful disposition [syn: {sullenness}, {moroseness},
{sourness}]
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