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Another word for surly

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surly

modif.

morose, testy, crabby; see irritable, sullen.

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Another word for surly

adjective

Broodingly and sullenly unhappy:
dour, gloomy, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sulky, sullen. See happy
Having or showing a bad temper:
bad-tempered, cantankerous, crabbed, cranky, cross, disagreeable, fretful, grouchy, grumpy, ill-tempered, irascible, irritable, nasty, peevish, petulant, querulous, snappish, snappy, testy, ugly, waspish. (Informal) crabby, mean². Idiom: out of sorts. See attitude

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"I won't," answered the kitten, in a surly voice.
"You have queer friends, seems to me," replied the kitten, in a surly tone.
"I don't know," Dean answered, a tad on the surly side.
But his surly guest said scarcely a word.
But before Cynthia could finish, the Dawkins brothers and their wives clamored into the kitchen, each looking as surly as ever.

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