surly
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 9
- Letters
- 5
/ˈsɜːli/
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/ˈsɜːli/ · /ˈsɝli/
Definition of surly
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
- Irritated, bad-tempered, unfriendly.
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adj
- Irritated, bad-tempered, unfriendly.
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Threatening, menacing, gloomy.
“The surly weather put us all in a bad mood.”
- (obsolete)Lordly, arrogant, supercilious.
adv
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(obsolete)In an arrogant or supercilious manner.
“Against the Capitol I met a lion / Who glazed upon me, and went surly by / Without annoying me […]”
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Etymology
16th-century alteration of sirly, from sir + -ly.
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