surly

About 0.58 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Irritated, bad-tempered, unfriendly.
2. adjective Threatening, menacing, gloomy.

   The surly weather put us all in a bad mood.

3. adjective Lordly, arrogant, supercilious.
4. adverb In an arrogant or supercilious manner.

Similar words

ill-natured ugly peevish gruff ill-humored fretful grumpy ill-tempered snitchy humpy

Often followed by

and tone voice old fellow as manner mood man

Word family

surlier surliest surlily surliness surlinesses