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mardy

/ˈmɑːdi/

mardy adjective: sulky or whining.

Adjective

mardy (comparative mardier, superlative mardiest)

  1. (Midlands, Yorkshire, chiefly Lancashire) Sulky or whining.
    • He's a mardy child.
    • “I wouldn’t be such a mardy baby,” said his wife shortly.1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “The Casting Off of Morel—The Taking On of William”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC, part I, page 47
  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

Noun

mardy (plural mardies)

  1. (Midlands, Yorkshire) A sulky, whiny mood; a fit of petulance.
    • Sometimes my mum’s in a mardy and she says she doesn’t care about us — but she does really.2001, Creating a Safe Place, NCH Children and Families Project http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=Z_it9hcSUWsC&pg=PA87&lpg=PA87&sig=HVq97Wzcn-4XqYc0kSVXoUyP1vQ [2003 edition]

Proper noun capitalized: Mardy

Mardy

  1. A suburban village north of Abergavenny in Llantilio Pertholey community, Monmouthshire, Wales (OS grid ref SO3015).

mardy meaning in Tamil

mardy in Tamil

மந்தமான

Forms of mardy

Adjective
comparativemardier
superlativemardiest
Noun
pluralmardies

Origin of mardy

Probably from marred + -y.

From Welsh.

Words formed from mardy

Words that rhyme with mardy

Questions about mardy

What does mardy mean?
Mardy means sulky or whining.
What is mardy in Tamil?
Mardy in Tamil is மந்தமான. See Mardy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is mardy?
Mardy can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce mardy?
Mardy is pronounced /ˈmɑːdi/ (UK).

Words near mardy in the dictionary

  1. mardos
  2. mards
  3. Mardu
  4. Marduk
  5. Mardukian
  6. mardy
  7. Mardyke
  8. mare
  9. mare clausum
  10. Mare Harbor
  11. Mare Harbour

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