1. bad-tempered and refusing to be cheerful or cooperative

1. a light two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle for one person
Usage: often used in harness racing

Examples

• The child became sulky when told it was time for bed.
• She gave him a sulky look and refused to answer.
• Don’t be so sulky about losing the game.
• The teenager sat in sulky silence during dinner.
• The horse pulled the sulky around the track at top speed.
• He drove his sulky in the harness race at the county fair.