surliness

  • 1Surliness — Sur li*ness, n. The quality or state of being surly. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2surliness — surly ► ADJECTIVE (surlier, surliest) ▪ bad tempered and unfriendly. DERIVATIVES surlily adverb surliness noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «lordly, haughty»: from obsolete sirly, from SIR(Cf. ↑sir) …

    English terms dictionary

  • 3surliness — noun see surly …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 4surliness — See surlily. * * * …

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  • 5surliness — noun The property of being surly …

    Wiktionary

  • 6surliness — Synonyms and related words: abruptness, aggressiveness, bearishness, beastliness, bluntness, boorishness, bouderie, brashness, brusqueness, brusquerie, churlishness, crustiness, curtness, dejection, dumpishness, glumness, grimness, gruffness,… …

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  • 7surliness — sur·li·ness || sÉœrlɪnɪs / sɜː n. tendency towards ill humor, temper, irritability, sullenness …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 8surliness — sur·li·ness …

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  • 9surliness — noun a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger his temper was well known to all his employees • Syn: ↑temper, ↑biliousness, ↑irritability, ↑peevishness, ↑pettishness, ↑snappishness • Derivationally rel …

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  • 10biliousness — noun 1. gastric distress caused by a disorder of the liver or gall bladder • Derivationally related forms: ↑bilious • Hypernyms: ↑ill health, ↑unhealthiness, ↑health problem 2. a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger his temper was well known …

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