sulkiness Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a mood or display of sullen aloofness or withdrawal
    sulk.
    • stayed home in a sulk
  2. noun a feeling of sulky resentment
    huffishness.
  3. noun a sullen moody resentful disposition
    sullenness; moroseness; sourness.

WordNet

Sulk"i*ness noun
Etymology
For sulkenness, fr. AS. solcen slothful, remiss, in asolcen, besolcen, properly p.p. of sealcan in asealcan to be weak or slothful; of uncertain origin.
Definitions
  1. The quality or state of being sulky; sullenness; moroseness; as, sulkiness of disposition.

Webster 1913