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Meanings of
surliness
in inglês
espanhol
irritabilidad
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A disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger.
temper
irritability
peevishness
biliousness
pettishness
snappishness
espanhol
irritabilidad
Usage of
surliness
in inglês
1
Already, despite her
surliness
,
he feared she'd be disappointed if he left.
2
With my best effort at
surliness
I asked what we had done.
3
That along with the uncharacteristic
surliness
meant he was edgy as hell.
4
His relief expressed itself in a superficial
surliness
;
but Edwin was not deceived.
5
We managed for months before
surliness
crept in and the project was abandoned.
6
The West-country men lay big and stolid in an invulnerable
surliness
.
7
In Ireland, the only English-ism we've adopted with eagerness is
surliness
.
8
Her gently teasing tone just made him ashamed of his
surliness
.
9
Monty knew better than mistake Fred's
surliness
for anything but friendship in distress.
10
But he felt neither weariness nor impatience, neither regret nor
surliness
.
11
However, she frankly described her adventure, Daunt's
surliness
,
and Winnington's appearance.
12
After his
surliness
,
I expected an argument, but Rashid did exactly as I asked.
13
Jensen couldn't help but smile at his
surliness
,
which was an obvious put on.
14
Recognizing Slidell's
surliness
as grieving, I let the remark go.
15
The figure stopped and answered me without
surliness
or anger.
16
Yet his inveterate
surliness
the rascal could not wholly conquer.
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surliness
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
mere surliness
abrupt surliness
add surliness
blustering surliness
boyish surliness
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Translations for
surliness
espanhol
irritabilidad
Surliness
through the time
Surliness
across language varieties
United Kingdom
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