A disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger.
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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