glooming, gloomy, gloomful, sulky
(adjective) depressingly dark; âthe gloomy forestâ; âthe glooming interior of an old innâ; ââgloomfulâ is archaicâ
sluggish, sulky
(adjective) moving slowly; âa sluggish streamâ
huffish, sulky
(adjective) sullen or moody
Source: WordNet® 3.1
sulkiest
superlative form of sulky: most sulky
Source: Wiktionary
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
1 June 2025
(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; âYour comments may backfire and cause you a lot of troubleâ; âthe political movie backlashed on the Democratsâ
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
