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Sulky definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SUL'KY, a. Sullen; sour; heavy; obstinate; morose.
While these animals remain in their inclosures, they are sulky.
SUL'KY, n. A carriage for a single person.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective (sulkier; -est) Etymology: probably alteration of obsolete sulke sluggish Date: 1744 1. a. sulking or given to spells of sulking b. relating to or indicating a sulk <a sulky expression> 2. [sulky (II)] having wheels and usually a seat for the driver <a sulky plow> Synonyms: see sullen • sulkily adverb • sulkiness noun II. noun (plural sulkies) Etymology: probably from ¹sulky; from its having room for only one person Date: 1756 a light 2-wheeled vehicle (as for harness racing) having a seat for the driver only and usually no body

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & n. --adj. (sulkier, sulkiest) 1 sullen, morose, or silent, esp. from resentment or ill temper. 2 sluggish. --n. (pl. -ies) a light two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle for one, esp. used in trotting-races. Derivatives: sulkily adv. sulkiness n. Etymology: perh. f. obs. sulke hard to dispose of

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sulky Sulk"y, a. [Compar. Sulkier; superl. Sulkiest.] [See Sulkiness, and cf. Sulky, n.] Moodly silent; sullen; sour; obstinate; morose; splenetic. Syn: See Sullen.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Someone who is sulky is sulking or is unwilling to enjoy themselves. I was quite sulky, so I didn't take part in much. ...a sulky adolescent. ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Cross, morose, sour, sullen, spleeny, spleenish, splenetic, perverse, wayward, surly, moody, dogged, churlish, mumpish, cross-grained, ill-tempered, ill-humored, in the sulks, out of humor, out of temper, out of tune.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

A one-horse chaise or carriage, capable of holding but one person: called by the French a DESOBLIGEANT.