sulky Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a light two-wheeled vehicle for one person; drawn by one horse
  2. adjective satellite sullen or moody
    huffish.
  3. adjective satellite moving slowly
    sluggish.
    • a sluggish stream
  4. adjective satellite depressingly dark
    gloomy; glooming; gloomful.
    • the gloomy forest
    • the glooming interior of an old inn
    • `gloomful' is archaic

WordNet

Sulk"y adjective
Etymology
See Sulkiness, and cf. Sulky, n.
Wordforms
comparative Sulkier ; superlative Sulkiest
Definitions
  1. Moodly silent; sullen; sour; obstinate; morose; splenetic. Syn. -- See Sullen.
Sulk"y noun
Etymology
From Sulky, a.; -- so called from the owner's desire of riding alone.
Wordforms
plural Sulkies
Definitions
  1. A light two-wheeled carriage for a single person. ✍ 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.

Webster 1913