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Suckier vs Sulkier - What's the difference?

suckier | sulkier |

As adjectives the difference between suckier and sulkier

is that suckier is comparative of sucky while sulkier is comparative of sulky.

suckier

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (sucky)

  • sucky

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (slang) Being something which sucks, which is unpleasant or lacks value.
  • That comedian was pretty sucky on TV last night.
  • *2002 R. Jay Driskill: Necropolis: A Collection of Spectres [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0595238939&id=oK5O8Mp5UeAC&pg=RA1-PA65&lpg=RA1-PA65&ots=V7UHvfqVAw&dq=%22Who%27s+isn%27t+sucky,+you+ask%3F+Mine%27s+exceedingly+sucky%22&sig=5F4GYYY4RZ5gfTyNsMcvKywGAp4]
  • My mother-in-law. Who's (SIC) isn't sucky', you ask? Mine's exceedingly ' sucky . More than average I'd say. She tries to turn my wife and kids against me...

    Noun

    (suckies)
  • A pacifier.
  • See also

    * sucky sucky/sucky-sucky

    Anagrams

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    sulkier

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (sulky)

  • sulky

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • silent and withdrawn after being upset
  • the sulky child
  • * 1865 , (Lewis Carroll), (w, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)
  • 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, ā€œIā€™m 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.

    Synonyms

    * sullen, morose

    Noun

    (sulkies)
  • A low two-wheeled cart, used in harness racing.
  • Any carriage seating only the driver.