Timeline for Word to describe sitting in quiet anger
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| Jul 17, 2017 at 11:38 | comment | added | lly | Brooding isn't generally positive, but as @jmoreno noted it can be taken to be positive in some contexts. We expect thoughtful leaders to brood a bit over difficult decisions; we expect artists and writers to brood a bit over the human condition. As also noted, you can disagree that sulk always connotes petty childishness; you'd just be wrong in most dialects of English. | |
| Jul 15, 2017 at 21:00 | comment | added | jmoreno | @1006a: it's not a problem, sulks is a great word. Just a point of clarification. Sulk, unlike brood, can never be used in a positive or non-childish manner. | |
| Jul 15, 2017 at 20:17 | comment | added | jmoreno | @1006a: just because adults do it, doesn't mean it's not childish behavior. Brood can be positive, sulking can not. | |
| Jul 15, 2017 at 19:16 | comment | added | Mari-Lou A | good complete comprehensive answer. | |
| Jul 15, 2017 at 17:44 | history | edited | 1006a | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Added definition, a bit of commentary for *brood*, and added *huff*.
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| Jul 15, 2017 at 17:12 | comment | added | 1006a | @lly I strongly disagree that it only connotes childishness; certainly it is not at all complimentary, and children might indulge more often than adults, but the term is very regularly used of adults, as in the example sentence I point out. Someone who "has been told something they don't like" but accepts it with bad grace, followed by angry silence, is a textbook case of sulking, at any age. | |
| Jul 15, 2017 at 14:04 | comment | added | lly | There's not 'some' connotations of childishness. Sulking is only connotative of childishness. It might be appropriate for Dad's behavior but you should hesitate to use it unless there's actually some context to warrant it. It will be an unappreciated on dad's part. | |
| Jul 15, 2017 at 6:06 | comment | added | TripeHound | brood was my first thought when seeing the question. | |
| Jul 15, 2017 at 4:50 | history | answered | 1006a | CC BY-SA 3.0 |