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Meaning of 'sulky' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Sulky [ a.]
- A light two-wheeled carriage for a single person.
2 . Sulky [ n.]
- Moodly silent; sullen; sour; obstinate; morose; splenetic.

Meaning of 'sulky' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . sulky [ s]
Meaning (1):
- moving slowly
Example in sentence:
  • a sluggish stream;
  • slow-moving cars
Meaning (2):
- depressingly dark
Example in sentence:
  • the glooming interior of an old inn;
  • the gloomy forest;
  • `gloomful' is archaic

Nearby Words:

sula sulcate sulcated sulcation sulci sulciform sulcus suleah fish sulk sulker

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