[syn: glooming, gloomy, gloomful, sulky]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sulky \Sulk"y\, a. [Compar. Sulkier; superl. Sulkiest.] [See
Sulkiness, and cf. Sulky, n.]
Moodly silent; sullen; sour; obstinate; morose; splenetic.
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Syn: See Sullen.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sulky \Sulk"y\, n.; pl. Sulkies. [From Sulky, a.; -- so
called from the owner's desire of riding alone.]
A light two-wheeled carriage for a single person.
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Note: Sulky is used adjectively in the names of several
agricultural machines drawn by horses to denote that
the machine is provided with wheels and a seat for the
driver; as, sulky plow; sulky harrow; sulky rake, etc.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sulky
adj 1: sullen or moody [syn: huffish, sulky]
2: moving slowly; "a sluggish stream" [syn: sluggish, sulky]
3: depressingly dark; "the gloomy forest"; "the glooming
interior of an old inn"; "`gloomful' is archaic" [syn:
glooming, gloomy, gloomful, sulky]
n 1: a light two-wheeled vehicle for one person; drawn by one
horse