a light two-wheeled vehicle for one person; drawn by one horse
<noun.artifact> [ adj ]
sullen or moody
<adj.all>
moving slowly
<adj.all> a sluggish stream
depressingly dark
<adj.all> the gloomy forest the glooming interior of an old inn `gloomful' is archaic
Sulky \Sulk"y\, a. [Compar. {Sulkier}; superl. {Sulkiest}.] [See {Sulkiness}, and cf. {Sulky}, n.] Moodly silent; sullen; sour; obstinate; morose; splenetic.
Syn: See {Sullen}.
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.
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.
With Claire Powell's sultry, sulky Maddalena and Francisco Araiza's ducal spiv, it seemed likely enough.
Little wonder that some of the high-fliers grew sulky when their multimillion-dollar bonuses were halved because another part of the firm was sputtering.
The result is a European Union in name more than substance: divided, sulky, and offering more difficulties than attractions to potential new members in the east.