(n. pl.) The condition of being sulky; a sulky mood or humor; as, to be in the sulks.

antipathy averseness aversion backwardness blahs blue devils blues cursoriness disagreement disinclination dismals disobedience disrelish dissent distaste dods doldrums dolefuls dorts dumps foot-dragging fractiousness frumps grudging consent grudgingness grumps indisposedness indisposition indocility intractableness lack of enthusiasm lack of zeal megrims mopes mulligrubs mumps mutinousness nolition obstinacy opposition perfunctoriness pouts recalcitrance recalcitrancy refractoriness refusal reluctance renitence renitency repugnance resistance slowness stubbornness sulk sulkiness sullenness sullens unenthusiasm unwillingness