Sulk vs. Pout

Sulknoun

A state of sulking.

‘Leo has been in a sulk all morning.’;

Poutverb

(intransitive) To push out one's lips.

Sulknoun

A furrow.

Poutverb

(intransitive) To thrust itself outward; to be prominent.

Sulkverb

to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn.

Poutverb

(intransitive) To be or pretend to be ill-tempered; to sulk.

Sulknoun

A furrow.

Poutverb

(transitive) To say while pouting.

‘"Don't you love me any more?" she pouted.’;

Sulkverb

To be silently sullen; to be morose or obstinate.

Poutverb

(Scotland) To shoot poults.

Sulknoun

a mood or display of sullen aloofness or withdrawal;

‘stayed home in a sulk’;

Poutnoun

One's facial expression when pouting.

Sulkverb

be in a huff and display one's displeasure;

‘She is pouting because she didn't get what she wanted’;

Poutnoun

A fit of sulking or sullenness.

Sulkverb

be silent, morose, and bad-tempered out of annoyance or disappointment

‘he was sulking over the break-up of his band’;

Poutnoun

(rare) Shortened name of various fishes such as the hornpout (Ameiurus nebulosus, the brown bullhead), the pouting (Trisopterus luscus) and the eelpouts (Zoarcidae).

Sulknoun

a period of sulking

‘she was in a fit of the sulks’;

Poutnoun

The young of some birds, as grouse; a young fowl.

Sulk

Sulk is the second studio album by Scottish pop band the Associates. It was released on 14 May 1982 on their own Associates imprint of Beggars Banquet Records for the UK and throughout the rest of Europe on WEA Records and in the US on 4 October by Sire Records.

Poutnoun

A sullen protrusion of the lips; a fit of sullenness.

Poutnoun

The European whiting pout or bib.

Poutverb

To shoot pouts.

Poutverb

To thrust out the lips, as in sullenness or displeasure; hence, to look sullen.

‘Thou poutest upon thy fortune and thy love.’;

Poutverb

To protrude.

Poutnoun

a disdainful pouting grimace

Poutnoun

marine eellike mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern seas

Poutnoun

catfish common in eastern United States

Poutverb

be in a huff and display one's displeasure;

‘She is pouting because she didn't get what she wanted’;

Poutverb

make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip;

‘mop and mow’; ‘The girl pouted’;