Associations to the word «Sulkiness»

Wiktionary

SULKINESS, noun. (uncountable) The state or quality of being sulky.
SULKINESS, noun. (countable) The result or product of being sulky.

Dictionary definition

SULKINESS, noun. A mood or display of sullen aloofness or withdrawal; "stayed home in a sulk".
SULKINESS, noun. A feeling of sulky resentment.
SULKINESS, noun. A sullen moody resentful disposition.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats