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单词 surly
释义
surly
adjective
uk
/ˈsɜː.li/us
/ˈsɝː.li/
often in abadmood,unfriendly, and notpolite:
脾气坏的；不友好的，粗鲁无礼的
We wereservedby a very surlywaiter.为我们服务的侍者态度很差。
He gave me a surlylook.他很不友好地看了我一眼。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
getting angry easily
  • bad-temperedHe's so bad-tempered! He never should have become a teacher.
  • irritableBe careful what you say; he's very irritable today.
  • grumpyI'm just a little tired and grumpy today.
  • crankyUSShe's very cranky because she has a toothache.
  • impatientI'm too impatient for fishing.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Bad-tempered
  • argumentative
  • bad-tempered
  • be hell on wheelsidiom
  • be like a bear with a sore headidiom
  • be spoiling for a fightidiom
  • grumpily
  • grumpiness
  • grumpy
  • have a short fuseidiom
  • hell
  • petulance
  • petulant
  • petulantly
  • pugnacious
  • pugnacity
  • surliness
  • testily
  • testiness
  • testy
  • tetchily
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Not being friendly
Rude and cheeky

Related word

surliness
(Definition ofsurlyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

surly| American Dictionary

surly
adjective
us
/ˈsɜr·li/
notwantingtopleaseyou or to befriendly:
Theclerksin thispostofficearesullen, surly, andinefficient.
(Definition ofsurlyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsurly

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Another very deviant child wassurlyand extremely resistant as an accompaniment to her fearful, shy behavior.
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In the wake of this experience, thesurlysilence and social compromises of the 1970s were rational reactions.
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Napoleonic system met local needs, however much its material demands provoked violent resistance orsurlyresentment during the war years.
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I did not think my successor would be sosurlyas not to keep them or make sure that they would not have power.
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Thatsurlystaff might be replaced by people who welcome our custom?
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It was a parade of vomiting, rudeness andsurly, aggressive behaviour.
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I do not put forward these arguments either as a demand for a handout for our country or in anysurly, resentful or antagonistic spirit.
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We should welcome that fact and not besurlyabout it.
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Their reaction is not only mixed but verysurly.
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There are two rathersurlylooking men with hats on with their thumbs down and two smiling young ladies with their thumbs up.
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Passengers would be shepherded bysurly, unco-operative and uninformative staff into a collection of cattle trucks, and would not be delivered to their destination in anything remotely approaching their timetable.
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Surlythe practice of government by a host of regulations tends to leave out the one essential in government—indeed, its essential basis—which is the good will of the people.
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Surlythat is the real danger facing the delivery of mail, regardless of where you set the upper limit, regardless of how you define the reserved sector!
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Alongside this we have a conspicuous decline in the health service, the homeless condemned to costly, yet sordid, bed and breakfast accommodation, and our teachers aggrieved,surly, and suspicious.
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He is losing the old cement of courtesy; he is becomingsurlyand irritable, and now we are building fiats and living like insects in them.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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