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A sullen moody resentful disposition
Answer for the clue "A sullen moody resentful disposition ", 9 letters:
sulkiness
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context uncountable English) The state or quality of being sulky. 2 (context countable English) The result or product of being sulky.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a mood or display of sullen aloofness or withdrawal; "stayed home in a sulk" [syn: sulk ] a feeling of sulky resentment [syn: huffishness ] a sullen moody resentful disposition [syn: sullenness , moroseness , sourness ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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, ...
Usage examples of sulkiness.
Young male pride, stung, flushed his cheeks and drove sulkiness into temper.
She looked healthy enough now, though her expression of mild sulkiness fit his mood as well as hers.