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Definitions for Surliness
[1] churlishly rude or bad-tempered: a surly waiter.
[2] unfriendly or hostile; menacingly irritable: a surly old lion.
[3] dark or dismal; menacing; threatening: a surly sky.
[4] Obsolete . lordly; arrogant.
[5] sullenly ill-tempered or rude
[6] (of an animal) ill-tempered or refractory
[7] dismal
[8] obsolete arrogant
Words related to Surliness
surlytantrum, impatience, rage, fury, sensitivity, resentment, passion, anger, ire, outburst, tiff, irascibility, snit, irritation, irritability, annoyance, pugnacity, fit, acerbity, wax
Words nearby Surliness
surlysurinam toad, suriname, surinamese, surjection, surjective, surly, surmise, surmount, surmullet, surname, surpass
Origin of Surliness
y1560–70; spelling variant of obsolete sirly lordly, arrogant, equivalent to sir + -ly
Other words from Surliness
sur·li·ly , adverb
sur·li·ness , noun
un·sur·li·ly , adverb
un·sur·li·ness , noun
un·sur·ly , adjective
Word origin for Surliness
yC16: from obsolete sirly haughty; see sir
Synonyms for Surliness
anger, fury, impatience, ire, outburst, passion, rage, resentment, sensitivity, tantrum, acerbity, annoyance, crossness, dander, excitability, fit, fretfulness, furor, heat, huffiness, irascibility, irritability, irritation, miff, peevishness, petulance, pugnacity, snit, sourness, stew, sullenness, tartness, tear, tiff, tizzy, touchiness, wax, bad humor, cantankerousness, grouchiness, hotheadedness, ill-humor, short fuse, slow burn