- Surliness
- Surliness Sur"li*ness, n. The quality or state of being surly. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Surliness
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surliness — 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
surliness — noun see surly … New Collegiate Dictionary
surliness — See surlily. * * * … Universalium
surliness — noun The property of being surly … Wiktionary
surliness — Synonyms and related words: abruptness, aggressiveness, bearishness, beastliness, bluntness, boorishness, bouderie, brashness, brusqueness, brusquerie, churlishness, crustiness, curtness, dejection, dumpishness, glumness, grimness, gruffness,… … Moby Thesaurus
surliness — sur·li·ness || sÉœrlɪnɪs / sÉœË n. tendency towards ill humor, temper, irritability, sullenness … English contemporary dictionary
surliness — sur·li·ness … English syllables
surliness — 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 … Useful english dictionary
biliousness — 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 … Useful english dictionary
irritability — noun 1. an irritable petulant feeling (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑crossness, ↑fretfulness, ↑fussiness, ↑peevishness, ↑petulance, ↑choler • Derivationally related forms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
