Sulky vs Shirty - What's the difference?
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silent and withdrawn after being upset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.
(informal) Ill-tempered or annoyed.
* 1897 , :
Sulky is a related term of shirty.
As adjectives the difference between sulky and shirty
is that sulky is silent and withdrawn after being upset while shirty is (informal) ill-tempered or annoyed.As a noun sulky
is a low two-wheeled cart, used in harness racing.sulky
English
Adjective
(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.
Synonyms
* sullen, moroseNoun
(sulkies)shirty
English
Adjective
(er)- I didn't ask my father for money, figuring he'd get shirty about it since I had quit school and had no job.
- "You ain't shirty 'cause I kissed yer last night?"
- "I'm not shirty ; but it was pretty cool, considerin' like as I didn't know yer."