Surly — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/sˈɜːli/

🇬🇧British English

/sˈɜːli/

🇮🇳Indian English

/sˈɜːli/

2 syllables Say it as /sˈɜːli/.

Examples

a surly waiter
an ugly frame of mind

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

ugly

Parts of Speech

adjective

inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace

“a surly waiter”

Word Forms

surliness

noun

a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

mürrisch

neigt zu Wut oder schlechten Gefühlen mit bedrohlichen Untertönen

🇫🇷French

bourru

enclin à la colère ou aux mauvais sentiments avec des connotations de menace

🇪🇸Spanish

hosco

inclinado a la ira o malos sentimientos con matices de amenaza

🇮🇹Italian

scontroso

incline alla rabbia o ai cattivi sentimenti con sfumature di minaccia

🇳🇱Dutch

nors

geneigd tot woede of slechte gevoelens met een ondertoon van dreiging

🇵🇹Portuguese

grosseiro

inclinado à raiva ou sentimentos ruins com conotações de ameaça

🇷🇺Russian

угрюмый

склонен к гневу или плохим чувствам с оттенком угрозы

India

🇮🇳Hindi

असभ्य

खतरे के स्वर के साथ क्रोध या बुरी भावनाओं से ग्रस्त होना

🇧🇩Bengali

অশ্লীল

রাগ বা খারাপ অনুভূতির প্রতি ঝোঁক

🇮🇳Tamil

அசுரத்தனமான

அச்சுறுத்தலின் மேலோட்டத்துடன் கோபம் அல்லது மோசமான உணர்வுகளுக்கு சாய்ந்துள்ளது

🇮🇳Telugu

అతిగా

బెదిరింపులతో కూడిన కోపం లేదా చెడు భావాలకు మొగ్గు చూపుతుంది

🇮🇳Marathi

उग्र

धोक्याच्या ओव्हरटोनसह राग किंवा वाईट भावनांकडे झुकलेले

🇮🇳Gujarati

તુચ્છ

ક્રોધ અથવા ખરાબ લાગણીઓ તરફ વલણ

🇮🇳Kannada

ವಿಪರೀತ

ಬೆದರಿಕೆಯ ಉಚ್ಚಾರಣೆಗಳೊಂದಿಗೆ ಕೋಪ ಅಥವಾ ಕೆಟ್ಟ ಭಾವನೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಒಲವು

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഗർജ്ജനം

കോപത്തിലേക്കോ മോശമായ വികാരങ്ങളിലേക്കോ ചായ്‌വുള്ളവർ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਅਸ਼ਲੀਲ

ਗੁੱਸੇ ਜਾਂ ਬੁਰੀਆਂ ਭਾਵਨਾਵਾਂ ਦਾ ਝੁਕਾਅ ਖਤਰੇ ਦੇ ਉਲਟ

🇵🇰Urdu

سریلی

غصے یا برے احساسات کی طرف مائل ہونا خطرے کی شدت کے ساتھ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

乖戾的

倾向于愤怒或带有威胁意味的不良情绪

🇯🇵Japanese

無愛想な

脅威の含みを伴う怒りや悪い感情を抱く傾向がある

🇰🇷Korean

거친

위협적인 느낌과 함께 분노나 나쁜 감정을 느끼기 쉽습니다.

🇻🇳Vietnamese

cáu kỉnh

có xu hướng tức giận hoặc cảm giác tồi tệ với âm bội đe dọa

🇹🇭Thai

บูดบึ้ง

มีแนวโน้มที่จะโกรธหรือรู้สึกไม่ดีพร้อมกับคุกคามอย่างหวือหวา

🇮🇩Indonesian

bermuka masam

cenderung marah atau perasaan buruk yang bernuansa ancaman

🇵🇭Filipino

masungit

hilig sa galit o masamang damdamin na may banta

🇲🇾Malay

bermuka masam

cenderung kepada kemarahan atau perasaan buruk dengan nada mengancam

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

عابس

يميل إلى الغضب أو المشاعر السيئة مع إيحاءات التهديد

🇮🇷Persian

ترسناک

تمایل به خشم یا احساسات بد با مضامین تهدید

🇹🇷Turkish

somurtkan

Tehdit imalarıyla birlikte öfkeye veya kötü duygulara eğilimli

🇮🇱Hebrew

זָעוּף

נוטה לכעס או לרגשות רעים עם נימות של איום

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The primary meaning of 'surly' is 'inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace'.

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