sulky

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʌlki/

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Adjective

sulky (comparative sulkier, superlative sulkiest)

1. (often derogatory) silent and withdrawn after being upset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

Derived terms

• sulkiness

Translations

silent and withdrawn

• Arabic: عَبُوس (ʕabūs), جَهِيم (jahīm)

  Egyptian Arabic: مقموص (humorous), مكشّر, مقلضم

• Bulgarian: намусен (bg) (namusen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 氣惱／气恼 (zh) (qìnǎo), 悶悶不樂／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), imbronciato (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 (pt)
• Russian: мра́чный (ru) (mráčnyj), угрю́мый (ru) (ugrjúmyj), наду́тый (ru) (nadútyj) (colloquial)
• Scottish Gaelic: gruamach
• Spanish: mohíno (es)
• Swedish: sur (sv), tjurig (sv), grinig (sv)
• Turkish: asık suratlı (tr)
• Ukrainian: похмурий m (poxmuryj), насуплений m (nasuplenyj)

Noun

A horse pulling a sulky

sulky (plural sulkies)

1. A low two-wheeled cart, used in harness racing.
2. Any carriage seating only the driver.

Translations

two-wheeled cart

• Bulgarian: двуколка (bg) f (dvukolka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: kilpakärryt (fi) pl
• German: Sulky (de) m or n
• Italian: sediolo m
• Macedonian: дво́колка f (dvókolka)
• Maltese: serkin m
• Norwegian: sulky m
• Russian: двуко́лка (ru) f (dvukólka)
• Swedish: sulky (sv) c

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English sulky.

Noun

sulky n (uncountable)

1. sulky

Declension

declension of sulky (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) sulky	sulkyul
genitive/dative	(unui) sulky	sulkyului
vocative	sulkyule

Swedish

Noun

sulky c

1. a sulky (used in harness racing)
2. (US) a stroller, (UK) a pushchair

   Synonym: (possibly larger) barnvagn

Declension

Declension of sulky
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	sulky	sulkyn	sulkyer	sulkyerna
Genitive	sulkys	sulkyns	sulkyers	sulkyernas

References

• sulky in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• sulky in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• sulky in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)