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1. (adj.) surly
sullenly rude or bad-tempered.
2. surly
unfriendly or hostile; menacingly irritable:
a surly old lion.
3. surly
dark or dismal:
a surly sky.
4. surly
Obs. lordly; arrogant.
Etymology: (1560–70; sp. var. of obs. sirly lordly =sir+ -ly)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) surly, ugly
inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace
"a surly waiter"; "an ugly frame of mind"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) surly
arrogant; haughty
2. (adj) surly
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
3. (adj) surly
rough; dark; tempestuous
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Sense: bad-tempered or rude.
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 Afrikaans: onbeskof |
 Arabic: فَظ، مُكْفَهِر المِزاج |
 Bulgarian: груб |
 Brazilian: mal humorado |
 Czech: mrzutý |
 German: verdrießlich |
 Danish: irriteret; grov |
 Greek: αγενής, εριστικός |
 Spanish: de carácter agrio, hosco; |
 Estonian: pahur |
 Farsi: تند خو |
 Finnish: kärttyinen |
 French: bourru |
 Hebrew: רַגזָנִי |
 Hindi: खिन्न |
 Croatian: osoran, otresit |
 Hungarian: mogorva |
 Indonesian: pemarah |
 Icelandic: önugur |
 Italian: burbero, scontroso |
 Japanese: 不きげんな |
 Korean: 뿌루퉁한 |
 Lithuanian: irzlus |
 Latvian: īgns; rupjš |
 Malay: perengus |
 Dutch: nors |
 Norwegian: tverr; uhøflig |
 Polish: gburowaty |
 Persian: تند خو |
 Pashto: تریو |
 Portuguese: malhumorado |
 Romanian: ursuz |
 Russian: грубый |
 Slovak: nevrlý |
 Slovenian: osoren |
 Serbian: grub |
 Swedish: butter, vresig |
 Thai: บูดบึ้ง |
 Turkish: ters, aksi, kaba |
 Taiwanese: 粗暴的，無禮的 |
 Ukrainian: похмурий; грубий |
 Urdu: بد مزاج |
 Vietnamese: cáu kỉnh, gắt gỏng |
 Chinese: 粗暴的，无礼的 |
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