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sookier

sookier is the comparative form of sooky.

Meaning of sooky

Adjective

sooky (comparative sookier or more sooky, superlative sookiest or most sooky)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, Newfoundland, slang) Complaining, whingeing, sad; jealous.
    • Kangaroos on the other hand become even more sooky (needy for attention), when denied time outside.2006, Lynda Staker, The Complete Guide to the Care of Macropods, page 189
  2. (Australia, New Zealand, Newfoundland, slang) Sentimental, sissy; timid.
    • Sentimentalists and political quacks have devoted much time to convincing the sookier twentieth century that nineteenth century New World penitentiaries were choked with near-blameless stealers of one teaspoon, one handkerchief, one loaf of bread.1978, J. Ferguson, Seven Cities of Australia, page 48

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Questions about sookier

What is sookier the comparative form of?
Sookier is the comparative form of sooky.

Words near sookier in the dictionary

  1. Sookdeo
  2. Sookdeos
  3. Sooke
  4. sooked
  5. Sookie
  6. sookier
  7. sookies
  8. sookiest
  9. sooking
  10. sooks
  11. Sookun Poo

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