1. Sullen or moody
   "The teenager's sulky response to simple questions frustrated his parents";
   - huffish, pouty
    
2. Slow or slothful
   "The sulky worker took twice as long to complete simple tasks";
   - sluggish
    
3. Depressingly dark
   "the sulky interior of an old inn";
   - glooming [archaic], gloomy, gloomful [archaic]

1. A light two-wheeled vehicle for one person; drawn by one horse
   "The harness racer sat in the sulky behind his horse"

Derived forms: sulkiest, sulkier, sulkies

See also: dark, ill-natured, slow

Type of: horse-drawn vehicle

Encyclopedia: Sulky, Victoria