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Surliness

noun
1.
A disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger.  Synonyms: biliousness, irritability, peevishness, pettishness, snappishness, temper.





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"Surliness" Quotes from Famous Books



... Tom o' the Gleam. Tom had risen in what he called his "dark mood." He had eaten no breakfast, and he scarcely spoke at all as he took up his stout ash stick and prepared to fare forth upon his way. Miss Tranter was not inquisitive, but she had rather a liking for Tom, and his melancholy surliness was ...
— The Treasure of Heaven - A Romance of Riches • Marie Corelli
... servant belonged to this latter class. I was very much afraid of him, he had such an air of suspicious surliness about him in all he did for me; and yet M. de la Tourelle spoke of him as most valuable and faithful. Indeed, it sometimes struck me that Lefebvre ruled his master in some things; and this I could not make out. For, while M. de la Tourelle ...
— The Grey Woman and other Tales • Mrs. (Elizabeth) Gaskell


Words linked to "Surliness" :   ill nature, querulousness, surly


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