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sooky

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From sook + -y (“characteristic of”) and -y (“diminutive”).

adjective sookier · more sooky · sookiest · most sooky · sookey · sukey

  1. Australia, New Zealand, Newfoundland, slang Complaining, whingeing, sad; jealous. Kangaroos on the other hand become even more sooky (needy for attention), when denied time outside.
  2. Australia, New Zealand, Newfoundland, slang Sentimental, sissy; timid. 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.

noun sookies · sookey · sukey

  1. A sook, a crybaby.

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"sooky." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sooky. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"sooky." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sooky.

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@misc{sooky_2026,
  title = {sooky},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sooky},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}