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mardier

mardier is the comparative form of mardy.

Meaning of mardy

Adjective

mardy (comparative mardier, superlative mardiest)

  1. (Midlands, Yorkshire, chiefly Lancashire) Sulky or whining.
    • He's a mardy child.
  2. (East-Midlands, Yorkshire) Non-cooperative, bad-tempered or terse in communication; grumpy.
    • Well, now then mardy bum / Oh, I'm in trouble again, aren't I?2006, Alex Turner, “Mardy Bum”, performed by Arctic Monkeys

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Questions about mardier

What is mardier the comparative form of?
Mardier is the comparative form of mardy.

Words near mardier in the dictionary

  1. MARDI
  2. mardi gras
  3. Mardi Gras Indian
  4. Mardi Gras Indians
  5. Mardi Grass
  6. mardier
  7. mardies
  8. mardiest
  9. Mardigian
  10. Mardigians
  11. mardily

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