Surliness — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/sˈɜːlinəs/

🇬🇧British English

/sˈɜːlinəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/sˈɜːlinəs/

3 syllables Say it as /sˈɜːlinəs/.

Examples

his temper was well known to all his employees

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

temper peevishness snappishness biliousness irritability pettishness

Parts of Speech

noun	a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger “his temper was well known to all his employees”

Word Forms

temper	verb	restrain
irritable	adjective	easily irritated or annoyed
pettish	adjective	easily irritated or annoyed
snappish	adjective	apt to speak irritably
surly	adjective	inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Sicherheit

eine Neigung, unkontrollierte Wut zu zeigen

🇫🇷French

maussaderie

une disposition à manifester une colère incontrôlée

🇪🇸Spanish

hosquedad

una disposición a exhibir ira incontrolada

🇮🇹Italian

scontrosità

una disposizione a mostrare rabbia incontrollata

🇳🇱Dutch

norsheid

een neiging om ongecontroleerde woede te tonen

🇵🇹Portuguese

mau humor

uma disposição para exibir raiva descontrolada

🇷🇺Russian

угрюмость

склонность проявлять неконтролируемый гнев

India

🇮🇳Hindi

अशिष्टता

अनियंत्रित क्रोध प्रदर्शित करने की प्रवृत्ति

🇧🇩Bengali

সারলাইন্স

অনিয়ন্ত্রিত রাগ প্রদর্শনের একটি স্বভাব

🇮🇳Tamil

சலிப்பு

கட்டுப்பாடற்ற கோபத்தை வெளிப்படுத்தும் குணம்

🇮🇳Telugu

ఉగ్రత

అనియంత్రిత కోపాన్ని ప్రదర్శించే స్వభావం

🇮🇳Marathi

अतिरेकीपणा

अनियंत्रित राग प्रदर्शित करण्याचा स्वभाव

🇮🇳Gujarati

અતિશયતા

અનિયંત્રિત ગુસ્સો પ્રદર્શિત કરવાનો સ્વભાવ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅತಿಸೂಕ್ಷ್ಮತೆ

ಅನಿಯಂತ್ರಿತ ಕೋಪವನ್ನು ಪ್ರದರ್ಶಿಸುವ ಸ್ವಭಾವ

🇮🇳Malayalam

മയക്കം

അനിയന്ത്രിതമായ കോപം പ്രകടിപ്പിക്കാനുള്ള ഒരു സ്വഭാവം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਬੇਚੈਨੀ

ਬੇਕਾਬੂ ਗੁੱਸੇ ਨੂੰ ਪ੍ਰਦਰਸ਼ਿਤ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਇੱਕ ਸੁਭਾਅ

🇵🇰Urdu

سرکشی

بے قابو غصے کو ظاہر کرنے کا مزاج

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

粗暴

表现出无法控制的愤怒的倾向

🇯🇵Japanese

無愛想

制御不能な怒りを示す性質

🇰🇷Korean

뻔뻔함

통제되지 않은 분노를 나타내는 성향

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự gắt gỏng

một khuynh hướng thể hiện sự tức giận không kiểm soát được

🇹🇭Thai

ความบึกบึน

นิสัยที่จะแสดงความโกรธที่ไม่สามารถควบคุมได้

🇮🇩Indonesian

kebengisan

kecenderungan untuk menunjukkan kemarahan yang tidak terkendali

🇵🇭Filipino

pagiging surliness

isang disposisyon na magpakita ng hindi makontrol na galit

🇲🇾Malay

kemarahan

kecenderungan untuk menunjukkan kemarahan yang tidak terkawal

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

فجأة

التصرف في إظهار الغضب غير المنضبط

🇮🇷Persian

سرگیجه

تمایل به نشان دادن خشم کنترل نشده

🇹🇷Turkish

huysuzluk

kontrolsüz öfke sergileme eğilimi

🇮🇱Hebrew

עצבנות

נטייה להפגין כעס בלתי נשלט

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The primary meaning of 'surliness' is 'a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger'.

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