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- Dictionarysurly/ˈsəːli/
adjective
- 1. bad-tempered and unfriendly: "the porter left with a surly expression"
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Surly means often in a bad mood, unfriendly, and not polite. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts, see related words and phrases, and hear the pronunciation.
- English (US)
often in a bad mood, unfriendly, and not polite: We were...
- Znaczenie Surly, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary
surly definicja: 1. often in a bad mood, unfriendly, and not...
- Surly: Norwegian Translation
surly - translate into Norwegian with the English-Norwegian...
- Surly: Czech Translation
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- Surly: Malay Translation
surly translate: perengus. Learn more in the Cambridge...
- Surly: Danish Translation
surly - translate into Danish with the English-Danish...
- Indonesian Translation
SURLY translate: pemarah. Learn more in the Cambridge...
- Surly in Traditional Chinese
SURLY translate: 脾氣壞的;不友好的,粗魯無禮的. Learn more in the...
- English (US)
Surly means showing a rude or disagreeable mood or manner, or having a menacing or threatening appearance. Learn the word history, synonyms, examples, and related articles of surly from Merriam-Webster.
Surly means often in a bad mood, unfriendly, and not polite. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts, see related words and phrases, and hear the pronunciation.
Surly definition: churlishly rude or bad-tempered. See examples of SURLY used in a sentence.
Definition of surly adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Surly means sullenly ill-tempered or rude, or threatening and ominous. Find out the origin, usage, and translations of this adjective, and see examples and related words.
Surly describes behavior nobody wants to be around. Think of the irritable old guy who lives on your street and always seems to be simmering with some sullen nasty anger, whose every utterance he spits out with a rude snarl. He's the poster boy for surly.