sooky

English

Alternative forms

• sookey, sukey

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

sooky (comparative sookier or more sooky, superlative sookiest or most sooky)

1. (Australia, Newfoundland, New Zealand, slang) Complaining, whingeing, sad; jealous.
   • 2006, Lynda Staker, The Complete Guide to the Care of Macropods, page 189:

     Kangaroos on the other hand become even more sooky (needy for attention), when denied time outside.

2. (Australia, Newfoundland, New Zealand, slang) Sentimental, sissy; timid.
   • 1978, J. Ferguson, Seven Cities of Australia, page 48:

     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.

   • 1999, Peter Moore, The Wrong Way Home, page 138:

     Judging by the subject matter, Turkish soldiers are the sookiest, purse-carryingest, most sentimental nancy boys ever to put on military uniforms.

   • 2009, Evan McHugh, Birdsville, ReadHowYouWant, published 2011, page 139:

     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.

Derived terms

• sooky baby

Noun

sooky (plural sookies)

1. A sook, a crybaby.