English-Thai Dictionary

sulky

ADJ ที่ โกรธขึ้ง  ซึ่ง โกรธ ไม่พูดไม่จา  irritable sullen morose ti-koed-kung

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SULKY

a.Sullen; sour; heavy; obstinate; morose. While these animals remain in their inclosures, they are sulky.

 

SULKY

n.A carriage for a single person.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SULKY

Sulk "y, a. [Compar. Sulkier; superl. Sulkiest.] Etym: [See Sulkiness, and cf. Sulky, n.]

 

Defn: Moodly silent; sullen; sour; obstinate; morose; splenetic.

 

Syn. -- See Sullen.

 

SULKY

Sulk "y, n.; pl. Sulkies. Etym: [From Sulky, a.; -- so called from the owner's desire of riding alone. ]

 

Defn: 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

sulky

sulk y |ˈsəlkē ˈsəlki | ▶adjective ( sulkier, sulkiest ) morose, bad-tempered, and resentful; refusing to be cooperative or cheerful: disappointment was making her sulky. • expressing or suggesting gloom and bad temper: she had a sultry, sulky mouth. ▶noun ( pl. sulkies ) a light two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle for one person, used chiefly in harness racing. DERIVATIVES sulk i ly |-kəlē |adverb, sulk i ness noun ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: perhaps from obsolete sulke ‘hard to dispose of, ’ of unknown origin.

 

Oxford Dictionary

sulky

sulky |ˈsʌlki | ▶adjective ( sulkier, sulkiest ) morose, bad-tempered, and resentful; refusing to be cooperative or cheerful: disappointment was making her sulky. • expressing or suggesting gloom and bad temper: she had a sultry, sulky mouth. ▶noun ( pl. sulkies ) a light two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle for one person, used chiefly in trotting races. DERIVATIVES sulkily adverb, sulkiness noun ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: perhaps from obsolete sulke ‘hard to dispose of ’, of unknown origin.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

sulky

sulky adjective sulky faces: sullen, surly, moping, pouting, moody, sour, piqued, petulant, brooding, broody, disgruntled, ill-humored, in a bad mood, out of humor, fed up, put out; bad-tempered, grumpy, huffy, glum, gloomy, morose; informal grouchy, crabby, cranky. ANTONYMS cheerful.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

sulky

sulky adjective with sulky faces the students turned to go: sullen, surly, moping, pouting, moody, sour, piqued, petulant, disgruntled, ill-humoured, in a bad mood, having a fit of the sulks, out of humour, fed up, put out, out of sorts, mopey, mopish; bad-tempered, fractious, grumpy, huffy, scowling, glowering, resentful, dark, glum, gloomy, morose; angry, cross, peeved; informal chippy, mumpish, grouchy, stroppy; N. English informal mardy. ANTONYMS cheerful, amiable.

 

Duden Dictionary

Sulky

Sul ky Substantiv, maskulin oder Substantiv, Neutrum Pferdesport , der oder das |ˈzʊlki englisch ˈsʌlkɪ |der, auch das Sulky; Genitiv: des Sulkys, Plural: die Sulkys englisch sulky, Herkunft ungeklärt bei Trabrennen verwendetes zweirädriges Gefährt

 

Spanish Dictionary

sulky

sulky nombre masculino Vehículo de carreras a modo de carro pequeño de metal que es conducido por una sola persona y tirado por un caballo .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

sulky

sulk y 1 /sʌ́lki /形容詞 ｟くだけて 非難して ｠1 〈人が 〉むくれて [ふくれて, すねて ]▸ Tom left, looking a little sulky .トムはちょっとむくれた様子で出て行った 2 〈人が 〉むくれ [ふくれ, すね ]やすい ▸ Matilda is sulky , lazy and dishonest .マチルダはすぐにむくれるし, なまけるし, うそをつく 3 〈天気などが 〉うっとうしい, 晴れ晴れしない .s ú lk i ly 副詞 s ú lk i ness 名詞

 

sulky

sulk y 2 名詞 複 -ies C 1人乗り2輪馬車 〘繋駕速歩 （けいがはやあし ）競走に用いられる 〙.