SULKIEST

SULKY

glooming, gloomy, gloomful, sulky

(adjective) depressingly dark; ā€œthe gloomy forestā€; ā€œthe glooming interior of an old innā€; ā€œā€˜gloomfulā€™ is archaicā€

sluggish, sulky

(adjective) moving slowly; ā€œa sluggish streamā€

huffish, sulky

(adjective) sullen or moody

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

sulkiest

superlative form of sulky: most sulky

Source: Wiktionary


SULKY

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

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

Syn.

– See Sullen.

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

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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