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Meanings of surliness in English

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irritabilidad

A disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger.

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      Usage of surliness in English
      1
      Already, despite her surliness, he feared she'd be disappointed if he left.
      Union Atlantic
      2
      With my best effort at surliness I asked what we had done.
      Greenmantle
      3
      That along with the uncharacteristic surliness meant he was edgy as hell.
      Bones Are Forever
      4
      His relief expressed itself in a superficial surliness; but Edwin was not deceived.
      Clayhanger
      5
      We managed for months before surliness crept in and the project was abandoned.
      The Irish Times
      6
      The West-country men lay big and stolid in an invulnerable surliness.
      The Nigger Of The "Narcissus": A Tale Of The Forecastle
      7
      In Ireland, the only English-ism we've adopted with eagerness is surliness.
      Priest
      8
      Her gently teasing tone just made him ashamed of his surliness.
      The inconvenient bride
      9
      Monty knew better than mistake Fred's surliness for anything but friendship in distress.
      The Eye of Zeitoon
      10
      But he felt neither weariness nor impatience, neither regret nor surliness.
      The Odds / And Other Stories
      11
      However, she frankly described her adventure, Daunt's surliness, and Winnington's appearance.
      Delia Blanchflower
      12
      After his surliness, I expected an argument, but Rashid did exactly as I asked.
      Honour's Knight
      13
      Jensen couldn't help but smile at his surliness, which was an obvious put on.
      Star Trek: Myriad Universes: Shattered Light
      14
      Recognizing Slidell's surliness as grieving, I let the remark go.
      Devil Bones
      15
      The figure stopped and answered me without surliness or anger.
      Edgar Huntly; or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker
      16
      Yet his inveterate surliness the rascal could not wholly conquer.
      The Shame of Motley: being the memoir of certain transactions in...
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