surly
IPA: sˈɝɫi
adjective
- Irritated, bad-tempered, unfriendly.
- Threatening, menacing, gloomy.
- (obsolete) Lordly, arrogant, supercilious.
adverb
- (obsolete) In an arrogant or supercilious manner.
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Examples of "surly" in Sentences
- I never thought that she is surly.
- The single mother has a sickly, surly child.
- Of particular concern is the issue of surly sheep.
- People in the town thinks that he is surly and mean.
- A surly man is disinclined to let go of old grudges.
- He tells the surly detective he has no knowledge of the crime.
- A surly boy tells the detective that the detective is unskilled.
- That is something like friendship, between being obsequious and surly.
- If the page is about the Psalm, the surly the words should be on there.
- It is the surly disdain admins have developed for the obligations of process.