sulky

English[edit]

From sulk +‎ -y. The horse-drawn vehicle is so called as it obliges the rider to be alone.

sulky (comparative sulkier, superlative sulkiest)

(often derogatory) silent and withdrawn after being upset
the sulky child
- 1865, Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
  The first question of course was, how to get dry again: they had a consultation about this, and after a few minutes it seemed quite natural to Alice to find herself talking familiarly with them, as if she had known them all her life. Indeed, she had quite a long argument with the Lory, who at last turned sulky, and would only say, “I’m older than you, and must know better.” And this Alice would not allow, without knowing how old it was, and, as the Lory positively refused to tell its age, there was no more to be said.
Synonyms: sullen, morose

gloomy

Arabic: عَبُوس‎ (ʿabūs), جَهِيم‎ (jahīm)
Egyptian Arabic: مقموص‎ (humorous), مكشّر‎, مقلضم‎
Bulgarian: намусен (bg) (namusen)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 氣惱 (zh), 气恼 (zh) (qìnǎo), 悶悶不樂 (zh), 闷闷不乐 (zh) (mènmènbùlè)
Czech: mrzutý (cs) m
Danish: tvær
Dutch: nors (nl), nukkig (nl), pruilerig (nl), mokkerig
Finnish: murjottava (fi)
French: boudeur (fr), boudeuse (fr)
German: schmollend (de), verdrossen (de)
Hungarian: durcás (hu)
Irish: borrphusach, smuilceach, smutach, stalcach, stancánach, stuacach, stuacánach
Italian: malinconico (it), scontroso (it), irritato (it)
Japanese: 不機嫌な (ja) (ふきげんな, fukigen na), すねた (ja) (suneta)
Macedonian: на́мрштен (námršten), мра́чен (mráčen), на́муртен (námurten)
Maori: tūmatatenga, haumaruru
Norman: r'tchîngneux (Jersey)
Norwegian: sur (no)
Plautdietsch: prunsch
Portuguese: emburrado
Russian: мра́чный (ru) (mráčnyj), угрю́мый (ru) (ugrjúmyj), наду́тый (ru) (nadútyj) (colloquial)
Scottish Gaelic: gruamach
Spanish: mohíno (es)
Ukrainian: похмурий m (poxmuryj), насуплений m (nasuplenyj)

sulky (plural sulkies)

two-wheeled cart

sulky n (uncountable)

declension of sulky (singular only)