| 词汇 | surliness |
| 释义 | surliness noun[ U ] uk /ˈsɜː.li.nəs/ us /ˈsɝː.li.nəs/ the quality of being often in a bad mood, unfriendly, and not polite: 脾气坏;不友好，粗鲁无礼 teenage surliness青少年的无礼 See surly Teen lip, attitude or surliness can be very painful - and inexplicable - to parents. But she refused to allow his surliness to burst her bubble of well-being. Deep down, he was ashamed of his surliness. It is supposedly famed for the surliness of the waiting staff, but they were perfectly civil when I was there. People's early-morning surliness wore off, and the work got into its stride. Bad-tempered argumentative bad-tempered be hell on wheelsidiom be like a bear with a sore headidiom be spoiling for a fightidiom grouchiness grouchy grumpily grumpiness grumpy pettish pettishly petulance petulancy petulant stroppy surlily testily testiness testy You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Not being friendly Rude and cheeky Examples of surlinesssurliness This is a similar subject to the last one discussed concerning surliness and obsequiousness, in that it concerns how to interact socially in a community. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Despite his surliness, she helps him to get back onto his horse. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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