surly
adjective
- menacing or threatening in appearance
- (obsolete) arrogant, imperious
- irritably sullen and churlish in mood or manner : crabbed
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈsɜːli/ / /ˈsɝli/
adj
Etymology: 16th-century alteration of sirly, from sir + -ly.
- Irritated, bad-tempered, unfriendly.
- Threatening, menacing, gloomy.
“The surly weather put us all in a bad mood.”
- Lordly, arrogant, supercilious.
adv
Etymology: 16th-century alteration of sirly, from sir + -ly.
- In an arrogant or supercilious manner.
“Against the Capitol I met a lion / Who glazed upon me, and went surly by / Without annoying me […]”