Surly

What do we mean by surly?

Sullenly ill-humored; gruff. adjective

Threatening, as of weather conditions; ominous. adjective

Arrogant; domineering. adjective

Sour in nature or disposition; morose; crabbed; churlish; ill-natured; cross and rude: as, a surly fellow; a surly dog.

Arrogant; haughty.

Rough; dark; tempestuous; gloomy; dismal.

Synonyms Cross, crusty, snappish, uncivil.

Arrogant; haughty. adjective

Gloomily morose; ill-natured, abrupt, and rude; severe; sour; crabbed; rough; sullen; gloomy. adjective

Rough; dark; tempestuous. adjective

Lordly, arrogant, supercilious. adjective

Irritated, bad-tempered, unfriendly. adjective

Threatening, menacing, gloomy. adjective

In an arrogant or supercilious manner. adverb

Inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace adjective

Irritated, bad-tempered, unfriendly.

Threatening, menacing, gloomy.

Lordly, arrogant, supercilious.

Words that are spelled similarly to surly:
surly, sully, burly, surely, curly, hurly, surry, sourly, surfy, wurly, surgy, gurly, srly, surl.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word surly:
bellied, uncooperative, raccoon, brewing, disposition, attitude, tires, buddy, precious, roller, mood, bonds, bike, hearts, derby, christmas, beer, manner, hero, frame, violent, brooklyn, personality, hard, girl, minnesota, bad, selling, animals, bob, boy, face, girls, share, makes, difficult, does.

Words that rhyme with surly:
early, burly, pearly, curly, girly, twirly, girlie, burley, swirly, hurly, shirley, hurley, worley, hurly burly, gurley, birley, adderley, perley, curley, earley, turley, earlie, kerley, murley, sherley, durley, brearley, werley, verley, kirley, shirlee, akerley, cearley, curl e, der lee, earl he, earl lee, erly, girl he, her early, kearley, mccurley, pearl he, per li, shirlie, shurley, sir lee, sir leigh, sur lea, were early, wherley, whirley.

Adjectives that are often used to describe surly:
young, old, poor, forcible, drunken, dirty.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective surly:
tone, fellow, voice, man, mood, manner, look, face, reply, expression, attitude, silence, way, answer, disposition, brute, dog, bonds, men, temper, fashion, porter, nod, tones, looks, response, bear, indifference, boy, glance, growl, sort, answers, air, woman, person, eyes, pride, husband, waiter, independence, grunt, faces, behavior, driver, dogs, maussade, fellows, guard, winter, mastiff, lot, crowd, tim, countenance, individual, refusal, spirit, hum, groom, creature, officer, father, mouth, manners, clerk, youth, virtue, devil, guards, contempt, bob, scowl, churls, bell, host, kind, defiance, moods, animal, aspect, beast, son, reception, child, staff, critic, frown, ferryman, servant, companion, humour, discontent, smile, reluctance.

Consonant match to surly:
silo, silly, cellar, sally, sully, sallow, solar, solo, sailor, selah, seller, soli, scilla, cella, scylla, sola, soley, sela, sealer, sala, sella, sulla, solly, cela, cilla, psylla, seely, sailer, soler, solei, solow, salah, salue, soily, salai, silla, sealy, siller, sealey, celo, sellar, salo, sallee, sallie, saulie, salley, seeley, cellae, solie, salaah, seiler, salii, siler, sylla, solley, saller, saylor, ciller, cillo, celie, cilley, soller, seelye, seyler, sayler, seley, soileau, salay, sullo, syler, c le, c lee, c li, c lie, c lo, c low, cearley, cela a, cell a, cell e, cell he, cell how, cell o, cell who, celle ou, ciel a, cihlar, sa le, sahli, sail a, sail he, sail her, sail ho, sal a, sal i, sal lie, sala a, sale a, sale e, sale he.

Words that sound like surly:
surly, silly, sally, slee, sully, surrey, sary, sory, cirlce, swirly, sorely, sri, saree, surry, sley, sealy, saly, sry, solly, sourly, sallie, salley, searle, sulley, seely, srry, celie, sali, sree, seeley, seris, sely, searl, celi, cely, ceili, cirl, sorley, searles, sirree, sealey, salih, sili, sallee, seli, seelie, cilli, salli, saale, surlier, ciri, cili, searls, ssri, seley, solley, surreally, slea, crls, syli, shirley, hurley, whirly, orly, hurly, worley, sherly, arley, arlie, wurly, sherley, airlie, orli, arli, werley, arlee, orle, churly, wurley, sala, cella, celo, cilla, circlet, cee lo, cela, cira, cerea, saily, cerny, cillo, cilo, cila, ceila, psylla, cirilo, saala, cyla, cellae, psora.