mardy
Collocations
3MARDY + NOUN
baby, child
PREP.
in
ADV.
poorly, such
Definitions
adj
Sulky or whining.
He's a mardy child.
“I wouldn’t be such a mardy baby,” said his wife shortly.
Non-cooperative, bad-tempered or terse in communication; grumpy.
Well, now then mardy bum / Oh, I'm in trouble again, aren't I?
noun
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.
name
A suburban village north of Abergavenny in Llantilio Pertholey community, Monmouthshire, Wales (OS grid ref SO3015).
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6He's a mardy child.
Wiktionary“I wouldn’t be such a mardy baby,” said his wife shortly.
WiktionaryWhen our Jonathan’s poorly...he’s mardy, very mardy....
WiktionarySometimes my mum’s in a mardy and she says she doesn’t care about us — but she does really.
WiktionaryTom is mardy.
Tatoeba · #10535365You're mardy.
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