Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mardy

/ˈmɑːdi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.10 in modern English

Syllables: mardy
IPA: /ˈmɑːdi/

11

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Sulky or whining.

adj

Non-cooperative, bad-tempered or terse in communication; grumpy.

noun

A sulky, whiny mood; a fit of petulance.

name

A suburban village north of Abergavenny in Llantilio Pertholey community, Monmouthshire, Wales (OS grid ref SO3015).

Example Sentences

"He's a mardy child."
"“I wouldn’t be such a mardy baby,” said his wife shortly."
"When our Jonathan’s poorly...he’s mardy, very mardy...."
"Well, now then mardy bum / Oh, I'm in trouble again, aren't I?"
"Sometimes my mum’s in a mardy and she says she doesn’t care about us — but she does really."

Etymology

Probably from marred + -y.

Origin

Source language: Welsh

Word Breakdown

Root: -
Suffix: marred

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈmɑːdi/

Inflected Forms

mardier (comparative) mardiest (superlative) mardies (plural)

Derived Forms

mardily mardiness mardarse

Homonyms

mahdi

Rhymes With

hardy tardy lardy cardie bardie dardy

Questions

How do you pronounce mardy?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɑːdi/.
What does mardy mean?: Sulky or whining.
Where does mardy come from?: It is traced to Welsh.

How to pronounce mardy

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