Synonyms for surliness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : sur-lee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɜr li |
Top 10 synonyms for surliness Other synonyms for the word surliness
- acerbity
- annoyance
- bad humor
- cantankerousness
- crossness
- dander
- excitability
- fit
- fretfulness
- furor
- grouchiness
- heat
- hotheadedness
- huffiness
- ill-humor
- irascibility
- irascibleness
- irritability
- irritation
- low boiling point
- miff
- peevishness
- petulance
- pugnacity
- short fuse
- slow burn
- snit
- sourness
- spleen
- stew
- sullenness
- surliness
- tartness
- tear
- temperament
- tetchiness
- tiff
- tizzy
- touchiness
- wax
Définition of surliness
Origin :- 1560s, "lordly, majestic," alteration of Middle English sirly "lordly, imperious" (14c.), from sir. The meaning "rude, gruff" is first attested 1660s. For sense development, cf. lordly, and German herrisch "domineering, imperious," from Herr "master, lord."
- 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
- 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
Antonyms for surliness
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