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Meaning of "sulkiest" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SULKIEST

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SULKIEST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sulkiest is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SULKIEST

sulfurous
sulfurous acid
sulfurously
sulfurousness
sulfury
sulfuryl
sulk
sulker
sulkier
sulkies
sulkily
sulkiness
sulky
Sulla
sullage
sullen
sullenly
sullenness
sullens
sulliable

WORDS THAT END LIKE SULKIEST

at the earliest
bulkiest
cheekiest
freakiest
funkiest
kinkiest
kookiest
luckiest
murkiest
pickiest
riskiest
shakiest
silkiest
spookiest
stickiest
stinkiest
stockiest
swankiest
tackiest
trickiest
wackiest

Synonyms and antonyms of sulkiest in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SULKIEST»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «sulkiest» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of sulkiest

Translation of «sulkiest» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SULKIEST

Find out the translation of sulkiest to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sulkiest from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sulkiest» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

sulkiest
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sulkiest
570 millions of speakers

English

sulkiest
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

sulkiest
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

sulkiest
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

sulkiest
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sulkiest
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

sulkiest
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sulkiest
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sulkiest
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

sulkiest
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

sulkiest
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

sulkiest
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sulkiest
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sulkiest
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

sulkiest
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सल्किएस्ट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sulkiest
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sulkiest
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sulkiest
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

sulkiest
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sulkiest
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

sulkiest
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sulkiest
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sulkiest
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sulkiest
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sulkiest

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SULKIEST»

The term «sulkiest» is used very little and occupies the 162.614 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SULKIEST» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «sulkiest» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «sulkiest» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sulkiest

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SULKIEST»

Discover the use of sulkiest in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sulkiest and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Essays Critical and Imaginative: Homer and his translators. ...
Could you, Doctor (the Doctor has been long dead too, but that is no fault of ours) — could you, Doctor, have withstood, sulky as you may have been when at your sulkiest, the tempation to be sweet, and to coo even upon the bill, contained in ...
John Wilson, James Frederick Ferrier, 1857
2
The Dublin University Magazine
The scowling facchino, with a. pair of monstrous bouquetin horns and a bull's tail, was feeding it with brimstone canes, while the cameriere, with his sulkiest look, and yet not without a certain air of satisfaction, was toasting something at it on ...
‎1841
3
The Charles Dickens Edition: Hard times
Old Monte Faccio, brightest of hills in good weather, but sulkiest when storms are coming on, is here, upon the left. The Fort within the walls (the good King built it to command the town, and beat the houses of the Genoese about their ears, ...
Charles Dickens, 1868
4
The Magyars; their country and institutions
grumbled my respected uncle in his sulkiest manner. What sort of man my respected uncle is, I cannot better describe than by saying that during the burning heat of summer, he goes about with a kucsma (winter cap) of black lambswool on his ...
Arthur John Patterson, 1869
5
The Extra Day
Theboy looked down again at the alarum clockhe hadbeen trying tomend, and turnedthehandle. It was too tightlywoundto go. A stopped clockhas the sulkiest face inthe world. Hestared at it; the handle clicked beneath the pressure of his hand.
Algernon Blackwood, 2014
6
The World of Ice (Illustrated)
Poker's bosom friend, Dumps, was so named because he had the sulkiest expressionof countenance that ever fell to the lotof adog. Hopelessly incurable melancholy seemed to havetaken possession of his mind, forhe never by any chance ...
R M Ballantyne, 2014
7
The Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific
He turned, he looked up, he spoke some words – mumble, mumble – in the sulkiest way. I am not climbing that tree for anyone. The stocky little man said something more, and the young man mumbled again and hacked the stunted tree with ...
Paul Theroux, 2012
8
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
Could you, Doctor, (the Doctor has been long dead too, but that is no fault of ours, )— Could you, Doctor, have withstood, sulky as you may have been when at your sulkiest, the temptation to be sweet, and to coo even upon the bill, contained in ...
‎1831
9
Truth : A Guide: A Guide
... between self-righteous priggery and tolerant conversability is well exemplified by the contrast between the sulkiest, least literate, members of academic philosophy departments and honest, hard-working, intellectually curious, literary critics.
Simon Blackburn Professor of Philosophy University of Cambridge, 2005
10
Prose Idylls: New and Old: Easyread Edition
... like no insect save perhaps some jewelled monster from Amboyna or Brazil – may tempt those sulkiest and most capricious of trout to cease for once their life- long business of picking leeches from among those Syenite cubes which will twist ...
Charles Kingsley, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SULKIEST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sulkiest is used in the context of the following news items.
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Anton Savage: It's time for Tsipras and his Syriza pals to stop …
Alexis Tsipras says he takes responsibility for signing a deal in which he doesn't believe. This has to be the sulkiest, mealy-mouthed sentiment ever expressed ... «Herald, Jul 15»
2
One Direction fans freak out over Zayn Malik's future with the band
Zayn Malik's future with One Direction is coming under some major doubt from both the fans and the band, according to inside sources, after the sulkiest member ... «EntertainmentWise, Mar 15»
3
Top 10 activities for children and families on half term
Even the sulkiest teens can't fail to be impressed when they spot the Queen's crown at the Tower of London or soar above Big Ben on the London Eye. For easy ... «Express.co.uk, Feb 15»
4
BWW Jr: YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU
Annaleigh Ashford and Will Brill serve up enough physical comedy to bring even the sulkiest teen onboard for the ride, and the entire cast, with fast pacing, quick ... «Broadway World, Dec 14»
5
Why Is Drake So Sad?—See His Sulky Selfies!
We've pulled together some of Drake's sulkiest selfies from Instagram—moody pics, sad pouts, those expressions where he seems to be drifting away into his ... «E! Online, Nov 14»
6
Possible ALCS Game 1 rainout: The mixtape
Try watching this video on www.youtube.com, or enable JavaScript if it is disabled in your browser. Bruce Hornsby might have had two of the sulkiest no. 1 hits in ... «SB Nation, Oct 14»
7
'The Leftovers' recap, Episode 8: 'Cairo'
Oh, and in Jill Garvey news: The world's sulkiest teenager tries to ruin her dad's relationship with Nora, grilling her about whether she has a gun in her purse ... «Washington Post, Aug 14»
8
DJ Cassidy – Make The World Go Round (feat. R. Kelly) (Gigamesh …
... percussion - signature components of so many Gigamesh productions - drive the stunning remix, which will have even the sulkiest listener grooving in no time. «Dancing Astronaut, Aug 14»
9
The 28 most underrated games of the last console generation
Protagonist Kaim is one of the sulkiest fellows ever to grace a game cover, but his millennia of existence provides some rich lore to explore, and the soundtrack ... «VG247, Jun 14»
10
Grumpy Cat Visits SXSW's 'Game Of Thrones' Exhibit, Obviously …
Anybody who's anybody is at SXSW right now, and that includes the Internet's sulkiest superstar, Grumpy Cat. Tardar Sauce, the cat who's never actually as ... «Huffington Post, Mar 14»

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