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sulky
(encz) | sulky,mrzutý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
sulky
(encz) | sulky,nevrlý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
sulky
(encz) | sulky,rozmrzelý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Sulky
(gcide) | Sulky \Sulk"y\, a. [Compar. Sulkier; superl. Sulkiest.] [See
Sulkiness, and cf. Sulky, n.]
Moodly silent; sullen; sour; obstinate; morose; splenetic.
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Syn: See Sullen.
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Sulky
(gcide) | Sulky \Sulk"y\, n.; pl. Sulkies. [From Sulky, a.; -- so
called from the owner's desire of riding alone.]
A light two-wheeled carriage for a single person.
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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.
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sulky
(wn) | sulky
adj 1: sullen or moody [syn: huffish, sulky]
2: moving slowly; "a sluggish stream" [syn: sluggish, sulky]
3: depressingly dark; "the gloomy forest"; "the glooming
interior of an old inn"; "`gloomful' is archaic" [syn:
glooming, gloomy, gloomful, sulky]
n 1: a light two-wheeled vehicle for one person; drawn by one
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huffish sulky
(gcide) | Ill-natured \Ill`-na"tured\, a.
1. Of habitual bad temper; having an unpleasant disposition;
surly; disagreeable; cross; peevish; fractious; crabbed;
-- of people; as, an ill-natured person; an ill-natured
disagreeable old man. Opposite of good-natured.
[Narrower terms: {argumentative, contentious,
disputatious, disputative, litigious : {atrabilious,
bilious, dyspeptic, liverish : {bristly, prickly,
snappish, splenetic, waspish : {cantankerous, crotchety,
ornery : {choleric, irascible, hotheaded, hot-headed,
hot-tempered, quick-tempered, short-tempered : {crabbed,
crabby, cross, fussy, fussbudgety, grouchy, grumpy,
bad-tempered, ill-tempered}: {cranky, fractious,
irritable, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, testy,
tetchy, techy : {crusty, curmudgeonly, gruff, ill-humored,
ill-humoured}: {dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose,
saturnine, sour, sullen : {feisty, touchy : {huffish,
sulky}: {misanthropic, misanthropical : {misogynous :
shirty, snorty ill-tempered or annoyed): {shrewish,
nagging, vixenish : surly, ugly ] Also See: {unpleasant.
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2. Dictated by, or indicating, ill nature; spiteful. "The
ill-natured task refuse." --Addison.
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3. Intractable; not yielding to culture. [R.] "Ill-natured
land." --J. Philips.
3. not to one's liking; unpleasant; disagreeable. Opposite of
agreeable. [WordNet sense 2] [Narrower terms: {annoying,
galling, chafing, irritating, nettlesome, pesky,
pestiferous, pestilent, plaguy, plaguey, teasing,
vexatious, vexing}; {nerve-racking, nerve-wracking,
stressful, trying ]
Syn: disagreeable.
[WordNet 1.5] -- Ill`-na"tured*ly, adv. --
Ill`-na"tured*ness, n.
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Sulky
(gcide) | Sulky \Sulk"y\, a. [Compar. Sulkier; superl. Sulkiest.] [See
Sulkiness, and cf. Sulky, n.]
Moodly silent; sullen; sour; obstinate; morose; splenetic.
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Syn: See Sullen.
[1913 Webster]Sulky \Sulk"y\, n.; pl. Sulkies. [From Sulky, a.; -- so
called from the owner's desire of riding alone.]
A light two-wheeled carriage for a single person.
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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.
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sulky plow
(gcide) | Buggy \Bug"gy\, n.; pl. Buggies.
1. A light one horse two-wheeled vehicle. [Eng.]
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Villebeck prevailed upon Flora to drive with him to
the race in a buggy. --Beaconsfield.
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2. A light, four-wheeled vehicle, usually with one seat, and
with or without a calash top. [U.S.]
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Buggy cultivator, a cultivator with a seat for the driver.
Buggy plow, a plow, or set of plows, having a seat for the
driver; -- called also sulky plow.
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