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surlinesses

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sur⋅ly

  [sur-lee]
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–adjective, -li⋅er, -li⋅est.
1. churlishly rude or bad-tempered: a surly waiter.
2. unfriendly or hostile; menacingly irritable: a surly old lion.
3. dark or dismal; menacing; threatening: a surly sky.
4. Obsolete. lordly; arrogant.
Origin:
1560–70; sp. var. of obs. sirly lordly, arrogant, equiv. to sir + -ly

Related forms:
sur⋅li⋅ly, adverb
sur⋅li⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. sullen, irascible, cross, grumpy. See glum.
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