How to pronounce “surly”

Meaning

• [Adjective]
• Irritated, bad-tempered, unfriendly.
• Threatening, menacing, gloomy.
• (obsolete) Lordly, arrogant, supercilious.
• [Adverb]
• (obsolete) In an arrogant or supercilious manner.

Practice Nearby Words

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Similar Sounds

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