sulky

Meanings

• adjective, noun

  Feeling or showing persistent ill humor or petulance.

  - "The child was sulky after being scolded."
  - "He spent the whole day in a sulky mood."
  - "Don't be sulky; cheer up!"

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Synonyms

morose , sullen

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with sulky
hully , jolly , pully , rally , squally , tully

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Variants

List of all variants of sulky that leads to same result
sulkier , sulkiest , sulkily , sulkiness , sulkinesses , sulky , sulkies

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Etymology

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Originally meaning 'drawn or led along,' from Old English 'sulh,' a pole or yoke, from the Proto-Germanic root 'sulh-,' meaning 'to draw.' The modern meaning 'moody, ill-tempered' developed from the idea of being 'drawn' into a bad mood.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'sulky' is also used in horse racing to describe a horse that refuses to run or is reluctant to move.

2. The word 'sulky' is related to the word 'sullen,' which means 'dreary or gloomy.'

3. In the game of Scrabble, the word 'sulky' is worth 11 points.

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Related Concepts

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1. mood: A persistent feeling or disposition, typically an unhappy or unpleasant one.

2. petulance: Impatient and bad-tempered behavior, especially in a child.

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Culture

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In literature, the term 'sulky' has been used to describe characters who are moody, ill-tempered, or stubborn. For instance, in Charles Dickens' 'David Copperfield,' the character Uriah Heep is described as being 'sulky and surly.' In art, there is a painting titled 'The Sulky Boy' by Sir Joshua Reynolds. In music, there is a song called 'Sulky Girl' by The Cranberries.

How to Memorize "sulky"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a person pouting and being uncooperative to remember the meaning of 'sulky'.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'sulky' with the image of a grumpy, ill-tempered person.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'Sulky Sounds Unpleasant: S- Sad, U- Unhappy, L- Lousy, K- Kicked, Y- Yielding' to remember the meaning of 'sulky'.

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