Sulkiness
Sulkiness noun - A state of resentful silence or irritability.
Usage example: turned into a very pleasant adult when she finally outgrew her adolescent sulkiness
Testiness
Testiness noun - Readiness to show annoyance or impatience.
Usage example: attributed his unusual testiness this morning to being hungry
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- mood and sulkiness
- mood and testiness
- temper and sulkiness
- temper and testiness
- anger and sulkiness
- anger and testiness
- irritability and sulkiness
- irritability and testiness
- petulance and sulkiness
- petulance and testiness
- peevishness and sulkiness
- peevishness and testiness
- irascibility and sulkiness
- irascibility and testiness
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