SURLINESS

temper, biliousness, irritability, peevishness, pettishness, snappishness, surliness

(noun) a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; “his temper was well known to all his employees”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

surliness (usually uncountable, plural surlinesses)

The property of being surly.

Source: Wiktionary


Sur"li*ness, n.

Definition: The quality or state of being surly.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

10 June 2025

COMMUNICATIONS

(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”


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