Sooky
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Sooky is an adjective meaning (Australia, Newfoundland, New Zealand, slang) Complaining, whingeing, sad; jealous.
Meaning
(Australia, Newfoundland, New Zealand, slang) Complaining, whingeing, sad; jealous.
More Meanings
- (Australia, Newfoundland, New Zealand, slang) Sentimental, sissy; timid.
- A sook, a crybaby.
Example Sentences
Kangaroos on the other hand become even more sooky (needy for attention), when denied time outside.
Judging by the subject matter, Turkish soldiers are the sookiest, purse-carryingest, most sentimental nancy boys ever to put on military uniforms.
Our trepidation at being savaged by a vicious pig dog was soon allayed, however. He turned out to be the sookiest dog on earth. All he wanted in life was a pet or a cuddle, preferably both.
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.
Word Forms
- sookier
- sookiest
- sookey
- sookies
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include snuffy, sodding, wowsery, suss, squawky, mardy.
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