English-Thai Dictionary

surly

ADJ บูดบึ้ง  หยาบคาย  โกรธ เกรี้ยว  มี อารมณ์ร้าย  bad-tempered churlish rude sullen irascible grumpy bud-buang

 

surly

ADJ มืดมัว  อึมครึม  dark dismal gloomy mud-mua

 

surly

ADJ หยิ่ง  จองหอง  โอหัง  arrogant lordly haughty ying

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SURLY

a. 1. Gloomily morose; crabbed; snarling; sternly sour; rough; cross and rude; as a surly groom; a surly dog.
That surly spirit, melancholy.
2. Rough; dark; tempestuous.
Now soften'd into joy the surly storm.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SURLY

Sur "ly, a. [Compar. Surlier; superl. Surliest.] Etym: [Probably from sir, and originally meaning, sirlike, i.e., proud. See Sir, and Like, a.]

 

1. Arrogant; haughty. [Obs. ] Cotgrave.

 

2. Gloomily morose; ill-natured, abrupt, and rude; severe; sour; crabbed; rough; sullen; gloomy; as, a surly groom; a surly dog; surly language; a surly look. "That surly spirit, melancholy. " Shak.

 

3. Rough; dark; tempestuous. Now softened into joy the surly storm. Thomson.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

surly

sur ly |ˈsərlē ˈsərli | ▶adjective ( surlier, surliest ) bad-tempered and unfriendly: he left with a surly expression. DERIVATIVES sur li ly |-ləlē |adverb, sur li ness noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘lordly, haughty, arrogant ’): alteration of obsolete sirly (see sir, -ly 1 ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

surly

surly |ˈsəːli | ▶adjective ( surlier, surliest ) bad-tempered and unfriendly: the porter left with a surly expression. DERIVATIVES surlily adverb, surliness noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘lordly, haughty, arrogant ’): alteration of obsolete sirly (see sir, -ly 1 ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

surly

surly adjective we've had complaints from customers about your surly disposition: sullen, sulky, moody, sour, unfriendly, unpleasant, scowling, unsmiling; bad-tempered, grumpy, crotchety, prickly, cantankerous, irascible, testy, short-tempered; abrupt, brusque, curt, gruff, churlish, ill-humored, crabby, cranky, uncivil; informal grouchy. ANTONYMS pleasant. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD See brusque . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

surly

surly adjective a surly shop assistant: bad-tempered, ill-natured, grumpy, glum, crotchety, prickly, cantankerous, irascible, testy, ill-tempered, short-tempered, ungracious, splenetic, choleric, dyspeptic, bilious, crusty, abrupt, brusque, curt, gruff, blunt, churlish, ill-humoured, crabbed, crabby, uncivil, morose, dour, sullen, sulky, moody, moping, sour, unfriendly, unpleasant, scowling, unsmiling; humourless, disrespectful; informal chippy, grouchy. ANTONYMS good-natured, friendly, pleasant.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

surly

sur ly /sə́ː r li /形容詞 1 〈態度などが 〉機嫌の悪い ; ぶっきらぼうな ▸ surly language ぶっきらぼうな言葉 2 〈天候などが 〉荒れ模様の .s ú r li ly 副詞 s ú r li ness 名詞