Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sulking

/sˈʌlkɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.58 in modern English

Syllables: sulk-ing
IPA: /sˈʌlkɪŋ/

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of sulk

noun

The act of one who sulks.

Example Sentences

""He has seen you, too, he says; and thinks you have seen him, hey?" and Dangerfield chuckled more and more knowingly, and watched his shiftings and sulkings with a pleasant grin, as he teased and quizzed him in his own enigmatical way."

Inflected Forms

sulkings (plural)

Rhymes With

hulking skulking

Questions

How do you pronounce sulking?: The recorded pronunciation is /sˈʌlkɪŋ/.
What does sulking mean?: present participle and gerund of sulk

How to pronounce sulking

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