sulkiness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈsʌlk.i.nəs/ us/ˈsʌlk.i.nəs/
郁郁寡欢
behaviour in which you refuse to smile or be pleasant to people, especially because you are angry about something
I can't bear his sulkiness. 我受不了他的郁郁寡欢。
If she is given an unintentional slight she will brood in sulkiness for days afterwards. 如果她被不经意地冷落了，她之后会郁郁寡欢地担忧好几天。
See: sulky
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- She is throwing things around out of sulkiness.
- Swimming seemed to have washed away his sulkiness.
- I felt helpless in the face of my own infantile bad temper and sulkiness.