surly, ugly
(adjective) inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace; “a surly waiter”; “an ugly frame of mind”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
surly (comparative surlier, superlative surliest)
Irritated, bad-tempered, unfriendly.
Threatening, menacing, gloomy.
(obsolete) Lordly, arrogant, supercilious.
surly (comparative surlier, superlative surliest)
(obsolete) In an arrogant or supercilious manner.
Source: Wiktionary
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 May 2025
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
