Josie Pye is sulky because she didn't get the part she wanted in the dialogue. She wanted to be the fairy queen.
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Sulky
//ˈsʌlki//
Synonyms for "sulky" (130 found)
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Closest matches (26)
Strong matches (39)
Related words (65)
intolerantinvoluntaryirasciblelong facedloweringmalcontentmelancholymoodymopeymopingmulishmurmuringmutinousmutteringnot in the moodobstinateopinionatedopposedorneryout of humor
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overzealouspeevishperfunctoryperseveringpertinaciousperversepetulantpigheadedquerulousrebelliousrecalcitrantrefractoryresentfulresistantrestiverestlesssaturnineself-willedsetsluggishstiff neckedstrong willedstubbornstuffysurlytenaciousunaccommodatingunconsentinguncooperativeuneasyunfulfilledungovernedunhappyunregenerateunsatisfiedunwillingwaywardwillfulwrongheaded
Adjective(1 words)
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3 entriesderived
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
2 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
67 translations across 28 languages.
Arabic
4 entries- جَهِيم adj (silent and withdrawn)
- عَبُوس adj (silent and withdrawn)
- مقلضم adj (silent and withdrawn)
- مقموص adj (silent and withdrawn)
Bulgarian
2 entries- намусен adj (silent and withdrawn)
- двуколка noun (two-wheeled cart)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 悶悶不樂 /闷闷不乐 adj (silent and withdrawn)
- 氣惱 /气恼 adj (silent and withdrawn)
Czech
1 entries- mrzutý adj (silent and withdrawn)
Danish
1 entries- tvær adj (silent and withdrawn)
Dutch
4 entries- mokkerig adj (silent and withdrawn)
- nors adj (silent and withdrawn)
- nukkig adj (silent and withdrawn)
- pruilerig adj (silent and withdrawn)
Finnish
2 entries- murjottava adj (silent and withdrawn)
- kilpakärryt noun (two-wheeled cart)
French
2 entries- boudeur adj (silent and withdrawn)
- boudeuse adj (silent and withdrawn)
German
3 entries- schmollend adj (silent and withdrawn)
- verdrossen adj (silent and withdrawn)
- Sulky noun (two-wheeled cart)
Hungarian
1 entries- durcás adj (silent and withdrawn)
Irish
4 entries- borrphusach adj (silent and withdrawn)
- smuilceach adj (silent and withdrawn)
- smutach adj (silent and withdrawn)
- stalcach adj (silent and withdrawn)
Italian
4 entries- imbronciato adj (silent and withdrawn)
- irritato adj (silent and withdrawn)
- malinconico adj (silent and withdrawn)
- scontroso adj (silent and withdrawn)
Japanese
2 entries- すねた adj (silent and withdrawn)
- 不機嫌な adj (silent and withdrawn)
Macedonian
4 entries- мра́чен adj (silent and withdrawn)
- на́мрштен adj (silent and withdrawn)
- на́муртен adj (silent and withdrawn)
- дво́колка noun (two-wheeled cart)
Maltese
1 entries- serkin noun (two-wheeled cart)
Māori
2 entries- haumaruru adj (silent and withdrawn)
- tūmatatenga adj (silent and withdrawn)
Norman
1 entries- r'tchîngneux adj (silent and withdrawn)
Norwegian
2 entries- sur adj (silent and withdrawn)
- sulky noun (two-wheeled cart)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- prunsch adj (silent and withdrawn)
Polish
1 entries- nadąsany adj (silent and withdrawn)
Portuguese
2 entries- amuado adj (silent and withdrawn)
- emburrado adj (silent and withdrawn)
Russian
4 entries- мра́чный adj (silent and withdrawn)
- наду́тый adj (silent and withdrawn)
- угрю́мый adj (silent and withdrawn)
- двуко́лка noun (two-wheeled cart)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- gruamach adj (silent and withdrawn)
Spanish
1 entries- mohíno adj (silent and withdrawn)
Swedish
4 entries- grinig adj (silent and withdrawn)
- sur adj (silent and withdrawn)
- tjurig adj (silent and withdrawn)
- sulky noun (two-wheeled cart)
Turkish
1 entries- asık suratlı adj (silent and withdrawn)
Ukrainian
2 entries- насуплений adj (silent and withdrawn)
- похмурий adj (silent and withdrawn)
Woiwurrung
1 entries- chipjerreng adj (silent and withdrawn)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
I get in the dumps at times, and don't open my mouth for days on end. You must not think I am sulky when I do that. Just let me alone, and I'll soon be right.
Source: tatoeba (6294186)
There was a sort of sulky defiance in her eyes, which only goes with guilty knowledge.
Source: tatoeba (7483202)
The language of the beasts became clear to little Claus; but he never could understand their sulky and morose tempers.
Source: tatoeba (7564691)
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