Past tense of sulk
regular verb
The past tense of sulk is sulked. The past participle is also sulked.
Forms of sulk
| Base form (V1) | sulk /sʌlk/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | sulked /sʌlkt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | sulked /sʌlkt/ |
| Present participle | sulking |
| Third person singular | sulks |
Sulked in a sentence
- Behind him, through a wall of plate glass, gray Manhattan sulked steamily under a drifting pall of April rain.2008 January 13, Benjamin Black, “The Lemur”, in New York Times. From the entry steamily
- In a vacant gesture the foreman began making rounds during breakfast, glad-handing the men as they sulked over their porridge and coffee, reminding them of their fortitude and stoutheartedness.2012, Peter Geye, The Lighthouse Road, →ISBN. From the entry stoutheartedness
Meaning of sulk
- verb To express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn.
- noun A state of sulking.
- noun A fit of sulking; a sulking mood.
Questions about the past tense of sulk
- What is the past tense of sulk?
- The past tense of sulk is sulked.
- What is the past participle of sulk?
- The past participle of sulk is sulked.
- Is sulk a regular or irregular verb?
- Sulk is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sulk (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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