be silent, morose, and bad-tempered out of annoyance or disappointment
(因生气、失望而)不说话,愠怒,郁闷
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he was sulking over the break-up of his band.
他正因自己乐队解散而闷闷不乐。
a period of gloomy and bad-tempered silence stemming from annoyance and resentment
生气,愠怒
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she was in a fit of the sulks .她在生闷气。
"late 18th cent.: perhaps a back-formation from