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Noun: sulky  súl-kee
  1. A light two-wheeled vehicle for one person; drawn by one horse
Adjective: sulky (sulkier,sulkiest)  súl-kee
  1. Sullen or moody
    - huffish, pouty
     
  2. Moving slowly
    "a sulky stream";
    - sluggish
     
  3. Depressingly dark
    "the sulky interior of an old inn";
    - glooming [archaic], gloomy, gloomful [archaic]

Derived forms: sulkiest, sulkier, sulkies

See also: dark, ill-natured, slow

Type of: horse-drawn vehicle

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