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Meaning of 'surly' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Surly [ a.]
- Arrogant; haughty.
- Gloomily morose; ill-natured, abrupt, and rude; severe; sour; crabbed; rough; sullen; gloomy; as, a surly groom; a surly dog; surly language; a surly look.
- Rough; dark; tempestuous.

Meaning of 'surly' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . surly [ s]
Meaning (1):
- inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace
Example in sentence:
  • a surly waiter;
  • an ugly frame of mind

Nearby Words:

sur- sura suradanni suraddition surah sural surance surangular surbase surbased

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