Definition of "sulky" [sulk•y]

• Sullenly aloof or withdrawn. (adjective)
• Gloomy; dismal: sulky weather. (adjective)
• A light, open two-wheeled vehicle accommodating only the driver and drawn by one horse, used especially in harness racing. (noun)

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• "My Friends endeavoured to rally me out of this what they called sulky mood; I replied that I could not help it, that I should never again be happy till it was discovered who it was that took my bed-fellow's Money; and that its being lost while I was his bed fellow, certainly threw a sort of suspicion on me, that I could not get over, and to labour under which rendered me completely miserable."
• "Baron was not the first choice for the lead (Peter Falk was), but he does have a certain sulky presence as cynical hit man Frank Bono."
• "She received it in sulky silence and retired to her room."