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List of antonyms from "surcease" to antonyms from "surplus"


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Definition of the day : « surliness »

  • As in temper : noun angriness; bad mood
  • As in irascibility : noun temper
  • As in irascibleness : noun temper
  • As in short fuse : noun temper
  • As in tetchiness : noun temper
Example sentences :
  • Yes, but surliness might have provoked a point-blank question.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Sharer » by Joseph Conrad
  • "These be some of my investments," he answered, with just a tinge of surliness.
  • Extract from : « The Crisis, Complete » by Winston Churchill
  • He made no friends, and though his surliness repelled us, he made few enemies.
  • Extract from : « Andersonville, Volume 3 » by John McElroy
  • His normal easygoing manner was broken by periods of surliness.
  • Extract from : « First on the Moon » by Jeff Sutton
  • Surliness in excess they might have, but dignity, not at all.
  • Extract from : « The Rustler of Wind River » by G. W. Ogden
  • "No such purpose had I," the Jotun said with a touch of surliness.
  • Extract from : « The Ward of King Canute » by Ottilie A. Liljencrantz
  • But he felt neither weariness nor impatience, neither regret nor surliness.
  • Extract from : « The Odds » by Ethel M. Dell
  • Surliness or moroseness is incompatible also with politeness.
  • Extract from : « The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant » by John Hamilton Moore
  • It was the surliness of his tone, rather than the words themselves, that startled her.
  • Extract from : « The Real Adventure » by Henry Kitchell Webster
  • While he exposes the weakness of human nature, he does not do so in surliness; a pleasant smile wreathes his lips all the while.
  • Extract from : « Genius in Sunshine and Shadow » by Maturin Murray Ballou