sook
noun[C]
Australian Englishuk/sʊk/us/sʊk/ashyorcowardly(= notbrave)childorperson:
懦夫，胆小鬼"Stop being a sook", saidJimas hepulledback on thebow.
IknowI've beenbloggingabout howcoldit is, but I am not being a sook .
- Stop being adamnsook.
- I’m not atotalsook about where Isleep.
- Now IfullyadmitI am a sook and ahypochondriac, but thisfeltlike somekindoffieryneedlebeingdrivenin to myknee.
Heroes and cowards
- a big/great girl's blouseidiom
- adventurer
- baby
- candy-ass
- chicken
- cur
- daredevil
- fainthearted
- fallen idol
- folk hero
- have-a-go hero
- hero
- heroine
- idol
- knight errant
- piker
- scaredy-cat
- sissy
- superhero
- superheroine
Idiom
have a sook
sook
verb[I]
Australian Englishinformaluk/sʊk/us/sʊk/torefusetosmileand bepleasanttopeoplebecause you areangryorunhappyabout something:
He's been sooking like aspoiltbrat.
She sooked at thefrontdoorbecause she didn'twantto go to daycare.
Synonym
sulk
Expressing and showing feelings
- abandon
- affective
- be in/get into a stateidiom
- beatyourbreast/chestidiom
- beetroot
- crimson
- fling upyourhandsidiom
- flush
- freak
- freak(someone)out
- game face
- go/turn beetroot (red)idiom
- pale
- pine
- roar
- spill
- spill out
- sulk
- switchsomethingon
- throw upyourhands in horror/despairidiom
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