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What is the adjective for sulkies?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb sulk which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

sulky
  1. (derogatory) silent and withdrawn after being upset
  2. Synonyms:
      3. sullen, surly, pouty, glum, moody, mopey, grumpy, pouting, glowering, cross, morose, petulant, moping, crabby, sour, huffy, irritable, mopish, scowling, sourpussed, sulking, brooding, resentful, gloomy, unsociable, angry, churlish, dour, frowning, stroppy, gruff, querulous, disgruntled, fractious, piqued, aloof, chippy, dark, grouchy, mumpish, peeved, perverse, vexed, cheerless, depressed, fretful, mardy, mean, obstinate, ornery … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “He remained sulky and refused to speak to anyone after his best friend canceled their plans.”
sulkier
  1. comparative form of sulky: more sulky
  2. Synonyms:
      3. sullener, surlier, poutier, glummer, moodier, mopier, grumpier, crosser, moroser, crabbier, sourer, huffier, gloomier, angrier, dourer, stroppier, gruffer, chippier, darker, grouchier, perverser, mardier, meaner, ornerier, worse-tempered, more petulant, more irritable, more mopish, more brooding, more resentful, more unsociable, more churlish, more querulous, more disgruntled, more fractious, more piqued, more aloof, more vexed, more cheerless, more depressed, more fretful, more obstinate, more uncooperative, more withdrawn, more ill-tempered, more ill-humored, more put out, more fed up, more out of sorts, more down in the mouth … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “It was a free trip, and so I struggled not to feel grateful, but a paying passenger would have been a whole lot sulkier.”
      “To play Sally, Ms. Leigh has smoothed out her spiky mannerisms, softened her scowl and put on a blowzy faded-blonde glamour that suggests the young Tuesday Weld blended with the sulkier Bette Davis.”
      “But boys, whose role models include rock bands and sport stars, tend to be sulkier and moodier.”
sulkiest
  1. superlative form of sulky: most sulky
  2. Synonyms:
      3. sullenest, surliest, poutiest, glummest, moodiest, mopiest, grumpiest, crossest, morosest, crabbiest, sourest, huffiest, gloomiest, angriest, dourest, stroppiest, gruffest, chippiest, darkest, grouchiest, perversest, mardiest, meanest, orneriest, worst-tempered, most petulant, most irritable, most mopish, most brooding, most resentful, most unsociable, most churlish, most querulous, most disgruntled, most fractious, most piqued, most aloof, most vexed, most cheerless, most depressed, most fretful, most obstinate, most uncooperative, most withdrawn, most ill-tempered, most ill-humored, most put out, most fed up, most out of sorts, most down in the mouth … more
sulked
  1. simple past tense and past participle of sulk
  2. Synonyms:
      3. fretted, moped, pouted, brooded, grumbled, grumped, pined, griped, grope, gripen, groused, scowled, mooned, gloomed, glowered, frowned, had a long face, looked sullen, felt sorry for yourself, had the hump, languished, grieved, lamented, repined, desponded, bled, yearned, regretted, despaired, ached, chafed, obsessed, sighed, worried, puckered, grouched, pined away, eaten your heart out, ate your heart out, grieved over, stewed over, sweated over, lost heart, moped over, mooned over, fretted about, languished over, sulked about, worried about, felt despondent about … more
sulking
  1. present participle of sulk
  2. Synonyms:
      3. fretting, moping, pouting, brooding, grumbling, grumping, pining, griping, grousing, scowling, mooning, glooming, glowering, frowning, having a long face, looking sullen, feeling sorry for yourself, having the hump, languishing, grieving, lamenting, repining, bleeding, desponding, eating your heart out, grouching, puckering, mopping and mow, obsessing, worrying, sighing, grieving over, sulking about, moping over, languishing over, fretting about, mooning over, worrying about, feeling despondent about, yearning, chafing inwardly, sweating out, regretting, despairing, chafing, aching, pining away, sweating over, stewing over, losing heart … more
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