adjective
sulky
SUHL-kee
adjective
1
Silent and bad-tempered, especially after being upset about something.
"The teenager gave a sulky shrug and left the room."
noun
1
A light, two-wheeled cart pulled by a single horse, used in harness racing.
"The trainer drove the sulky around the track at dawn."
How to Use Sulky
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishMoody and withdrawn, or (as a noun) a one-person horse-drawn racing cart.
Common pairings
a sulky teenager
sulky racing
Word Forms
sulkier comparative, sulkies plural, sulkiest superlative
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Etymology
Related to sulk; the cart sense comes from the idea that it seats only one rider, "as if sulking" alone.