Irritable vs Sulky - What's the difference?
irritable | sulky | Related terms |
Capable of being irritated.
Easily exasperated or excited.
Responsive to stimuli.
silent and withdrawn after being upset
* 1865 , (Lewis Carroll), (w, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)
A low two-wheeled cart, used in harness racing.
Any carriage seating only the driver.
Irritable is a related term of sulky.
As adjectives the difference between irritable and sulky
is that irritable is capable of being irritated while sulky is silent and withdrawn after being upset.As a noun sulky is
a low two-wheeled cart, used in harness racing.irritable
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(en adjective)Derived terms
* irritably * irritability * irritable bowel syndromesulky
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(er)- the sulky child
- The first question of course was, how to get dry again: they had a consultation about this, and after a few minutes it seemed quite natural to Alice to find herself talking familiarly with them, as if she had known them all her life. Indeed, she had quite a long argument with the Lory, who at last turned sulky , and would only say, āIām older than you, and must know better.ā And this Alice would not allow, without knowing how old it was, and, as the Lory positively refused to tell its age, there was no more to be said.