mardy

[ mahr-dee ]

/ ˈmɑr di /

British Dialect

adjective, mar·di·er, mar·di·est.

grumpy or moody; sulky: She's behaving like a typical mardy teenager, refusing to tell us what's wrong.

noun

a grumpy mood; a sulk: He's a good old chap, but he sometimes comes home in a mardy after stopping at the pub.

Origin of mardy

< British dialect mard ‘spoiled; spoiled child’ (alteration of marred, past tense of mar) + -y¹

Words nearby mardy

Marcus Gunn's sign, Marcy, Mar del Plata, Mardi Gras, Marduk, mardy, mare, Mare Acidalium, Mare Australe, Mare Boreum, Mare Chronium

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Example sentences from the Web for mardy

And you know what Mardy let slip one day about the parental Brown and his remarkably good cobbling!
The Little Grey House|Marion Ames Taggart
Mardy, you know it must have cost at least three dollars—both of it.
The Little Grey House|Marion Ames Taggart
"I suppose I might go to market with these foolish but spotless giraffes, Mardy," said Rob.
The Little Grey House|Marion Ames Taggart
I really think, Mardy, if we could emigrate, we ought to; it's enough to turn a saint into a tiger to have such visits so often.
The Little Grey House|Marion Ames Taggart

And Mardy could dye this material, and it would be warm and pretty.
The Little Grey House|Marion Ames Taggart

British Dictionary definitions for mardy

mardy

/ (ˈmɑːdɪ) /

adjective dialect

(of a child) spoilt

irritable

Word Origin for mardy

from marred, past participle of mar

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单词	mardy
释义	mardy [ mahr-dee ] / ˈmɑr di / British Dialect adjective, mar·di·er, mar·di·est. grumpy or moody; sulky: She's behaving like a typical mardy teenager, refusing to tell us what's wrong. noun a grumpy mood; a sulk: He's a good old chap, but he sometimes comes home in a mardy after stopping at the pub. Origin of mardy < British dialect mard ‘spoiled; spoiled child’ (alteration of marred, past tense of mar) + -y¹ Words nearby mardy Marcus Gunn's sign, Marcy, Mar del Plata, Mardi Gras, Marduk, mardy, mare, Mare Acidalium, Mare Australe, Mare Boreum, Mare Chronium Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for mardy And you know what Mardy let slip one day about the parental Brown and his remarkably good cobbling! The Little Grey House\|Marion Ames Taggart Mardy, you know it must have cost at least three dollars—both of it. The Little Grey House\|Marion Ames Taggart "I suppose I might go to market with these foolish but spotless giraffes, Mardy," said Rob. The Little Grey House\|Marion Ames Taggart I really think, Mardy, if we could emigrate, we ought to; it's enough to turn a saint into a tiger to have such visits so often. The Little Grey House\|Marion Ames Taggart And Mardy could dye this material, and it would be warm and pretty. The Little Grey House\|Marion Ames Taggart British Dictionary definitions for mardy mardy / (ˈmɑːdɪ) / adjective dialect (of a child) spoilt irritable Word Origin for mardy from marred, past participle of mar Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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