单词 | surly |
释义 | surly[ sur-lee ] / ˈsɜr li / SEE SYNONYMS FOR surly ON THESAURUS.COM adjective, sur·li·er, sur·li·est.churlishly rude or bad-tempered: a surly waiter. unfriendly or hostile; menacingly irritable: a surly old lion. dark or dismal; menacing; threatening: a surly sky. Obsolete. lordly; arrogant. Origin of surlyFirst recorded in 1560–70; spelling variant of obsolete sirly “lordly, arrogant,” equivalent to sir + -ly SYNONYMS FOR surly1 sullen, uncivil, brusque, irascible, splenetic, choleric, cross; grumpy, grouchy, crabby. 2 threatening, malevolent. 3 ominous. SEE SYNONYMS FOR surly ON THESAURUS.COM synonym study for surlyGlum, morose, sullen, dour, surly all are adjectives describing a gloomy, unsociable attitude. Glum describes a depressed, spiritless condition or manner, usually temporary rather than habitual: a glum shrug of the shoulders; a glum, hopeless look in his eye. Morose, which adds to glum a sense of bitterness, implies a habitual and pervasive gloominess: a sour, morose manner; morose withdrawal from human contact. Sullen usually implies reluctance or refusal to speak accompanied by glowering looks expressing anger or a sense of injury: a sullen manner, silence, look. Dour refers to a stern and forbidding aspect, stony and unresponsive: dour rejection of friendly overtures. Surly implies gruffness of speech and manner, usually accompanied by an air of injury and ill temper: a surly reply. OTHER WORDS FROM surlyWords nearby surlySuriname, Surinamese, Surinam toad, surjection, surjective, surly, surmise, surmount, surmullet, surname, surpass Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for surlyBritish Dictionary definitions for surlysurly / (ˈsɜːlɪ) / adjective -lier or -liestsullenly ill-tempered or rude (of an animal) ill-tempered or refractory dismal obsolete arrogant Derived forms of surlysurlily, adverbsurliness, nounWord Origin for surlyC16: from obsolete sirly haughty; see sir Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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