Temperamental vs Sulky - What's the difference?
temperamental | sulky | Related terms |
(notcomp) of, related to, or caused by temperament
subject to changing and unpredictable emotional states; moody, capricious; sometimes used figuratively to describe user-unfriendly or unstable machines or software that are either complicated and/or have poorly written instructions and are subsequently difficult to operate.
silent and withdrawn after being upset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.
Temperamental is a related term of sulky.
As adjectives the difference between temperamental and sulky
is that temperamental is (notcomp) of, related to, or caused by temperament while sulky is silent and withdrawn after being upset.As a noun sulky is
a low two-wheeled cart, used in harness racing.temperamental
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(en adjective)Derived terms
* temperamentallysulky
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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, “I’m older than you, and must know better.” 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.
