Antonyms for perky

Grammar : Adj

Spell : pur-kee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɜr ki

Definition of perky

Origin : 1820, from perk (v.) + -y (2). Of young women's breasts since at least 1937. Related: Perkily; perkiness.

adj animated, happy

Example sentences :

She was so small and perky and so absurdly able to take care of herself.
Extract from : « Jill the Reckless » by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

They taught the perky boy that he was not everything, and the limp boy that he might be something.
Extract from : « The Longest Journey » by E. M. Forster

I know you, Perky; and you needn't try any tricks on me or it'll be the worse for you.
Extract from : « Blacksheep! Blacksheep! » by Meredith Nicholson

Perky seized the rockets and touched one after the other to the flames of the bonfire.
Extract from : « Blacksheep! Blacksheep! » by Meredith Nicholson

But Perky wired the Governor that he thought he was being watched?
Extract from : « Blacksheep! Blacksheep! » by Meredith Nicholson

Perky and I have been smoking our pipes off yonder in the woods.
Extract from : « Blacksheep! Blacksheep! » by Meredith Nicholson

He resented his exclusion from the conference with Perky and said so.
Extract from : « Blacksheep! Blacksheep! » by Meredith Nicholson

She's not nearly so perky and cheeky as when she first came.
Extract from : « The Leader of the Lower School » by Angela Brazil

Tim's got a little too perky because I let him get ahead of me one night in a drill of turnips.
Extract from : « Corporal Cameron » by Ralph Connor

She looked pert and cool and girlish in her ice-blue suit and perky hat.
Extract from : « The Last Straw » by William J. Smith

Synonyms for perky

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