Sulky
['sʌlkɪ] or ['sʌlki]
Definition
(noun.) a light two-wheeled vehicle for one person; drawn by one horse.
Typist: Paul--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Moodly silent; sullen; sour; obstinate; morose; splenetic.
(a.) A light two-wheeled carriage for a single person.
Editor: Trudy
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Cross, morose, sour, sullen, spleeny, spleenish, perverse, wayward, surly, moody, dogged, churlish, mumpish, cross-grained, ill-tempered, in the sulks, out of humor, out of temper, out of tune.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Sullen, gloomy, splenetic, churlish, ill-tempered, fretful, morose
ANT:Genial, kindly
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Examples
- Young Thomas expressed these sentiments sitting astride of a chair before the fire, with his arms on the back, and his sulky face on his arms. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- The other woman rose on seeing me; and the men, though they were, as usual, sulky and silent, each gave me a morose nod of recognition. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Having, in fact, returned to life in an uncommonly sulky state. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- There was a sort of sulky defiance in her eyes, which only goes with guilty knowledge. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He might be ever so depressed or sulky, and she did not mark his demeanour, or only treated it with a sneer. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Why growl or be sulky if nobody has offered you any insult? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The blotchy, sprawly, sulky fellow. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Whether he was sulky, or whether he was bashful, after his discomfiture in the rose-garden, I can't say. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The only parting salutation of which he delivered himself was a sulky 'Good night, father! Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- The General, with the orders in his button, stared at the newcomer with a sulky scowl, as much as to say, who the devil are you? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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