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sulkiness

sulkiness noun: the state or quality of being sulky.

Noun

sulkiness (countable and uncountable, plural sulkinesses)

  1. (uncountable) The state or quality of being sulky.
  2. (countable) The result or product of being sulky.

sulkiness meaning in Tamil

sulkiness in Tamil

மிதப்பு, கற்பிலக்கணம்

Forms of sulkiness

pluralsulkinesses

Origin of sulkiness

From sulky + -ness. Compare Middle English solcenesse, asolkenesse, Old English āsolcennes.

Questions about sulkiness

What does sulkiness mean?
Sulkiness means the state or quality of being sulky.
What is sulkiness in Tamil?
Sulkiness in Tamil is மிதப்பு, கற்பிலக்கணம். See Sulkiness meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sulkiness?
Sulkiness is a noun.
What is the plural of sulkiness?
The plural of sulkiness is sulkinesses.

Words near sulkiness in the dictionary

  1. sulkie
  2. sulkier
  3. sulkies
  4. sulkiest
  5. sulkily
  6. sulkiness
  7. sulkinesses
  8. sulking
  9. sulkingly
  10. sulkings
  11. Sulkis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sulkiness (page history and authors); sulkiness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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