mardy
/ˈmɑːdi/adjective, noun
mardy is spelled M-A-R-D-Y: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 84,254th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, mardy means “Sulky or whining” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in mardy?
| Letters | 5: M-A-R-D-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words; the 84,254th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is mardy?
Mardy appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 84,254th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce mardy?
- UK /ˈmɑːdi/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-uk-mardy.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of mardy
- mardier comparative
- mardiest superlative
- mardies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mardy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Sulky or whining.
He's a mardy child.
- 2
Non-cooperative, bad-tempered or terse in communication; grumpy.
noun
- 1
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.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does mardy come from?
Probably from marred + -y.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).