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Webster 1913 Edition


Surliness

Sur′li-ness

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Noun.
The quality or state of being surly.

Webster 1828 Edition


Surliness

SUR'LINESS

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Noun.
Gloomy moroseness; crabbed ill nature; as the surliness of a dog.

Definition 2024


surliness

surliness

English

Noun

surliness (usually uncountable, plural surlinesses)

  1. The property of being surly.