Emotions
Synonyms for sulk
The synonym for sulk recorded in this bank is mope, in the sense "to be silently bad-tempered and resentful, showing displeasure through silence". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for sulk
- mopeverb, in the sense "to be silently bad-tempered and resentful, showing displeasure through silence"
One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day sulk is audited in a second meaning.
to be silently bad-tempered and resentful, showing displeasure through silence
After losing the game, he went to his room to sulk instead of congratulating the winner.
The true synonym
mope
Same sentence, swapped: After losing the game, he went to his room to mope instead of congratulating the winner.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot sulk is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- rage
- celebrate
- apologize
Where sulk turns up in the game
sulk is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where sulk is the trap
- mingleverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is circulate, in the sense "to move among people at a social gathering, talking with different individuals", with sulk sitting one tile away.
Play sulk
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so sulk reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from emotions at Foothills outward to the whole bank.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. sulk carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.