Hypertext Webster Gateway: "surliness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Surliness \Sur"li*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being surly.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
surliness
n : a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; "his temper was
well known to all his employees" [syn: {temper}, {biliousness},
{irritability}, {peevishness}, {pettishness}, {snappishness}]
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