Meaning

2 senses

  1. (Midlands, Yorkshire)Sulky or whining.

    He's a mardy child.

  2. (East Midlands, Yorkshire)Non-cooperative, bad-tempered or terse in communication; grumpy.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Tom is mardy.

    Том понурий.

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  2. Why are you so mardy today?

    deWieso bist du heute so mürrisch?

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Origin

Probably from marred + -y.

Probably from marred + -y.

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Forms

mardier, mardiest
Comparativemardier Lesson
Superlativemardiest Lesson

regular

Word family

3 related words
Derivedmardilymardinessmardarse

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
marchA1marconimaremargarinemargarita
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