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surly

/ˈsəːli/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈsəːli/
surly
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
1st syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Final y vowel sound

sur - ly -> surly

Myanmar meaning

(adj) သုန်မှုန်သော။စိတ်ပုတ်သော။သဘောပုတ်သော။

Full entry

surly /'sɜ:li/ adj (-ier, -iest)

သုန်မှုန်သော။ ရိုင်းစိုင်းသော။
a surly child/face/manner. surliness n [U]

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  • A waiter with a surly attitude
Synonyms
gruff, brusque, abrupt, short, curt, churlish, rude, impolite, discourteous, disagreeable, bad-tempered, truculent, grumpy, short-tempered, irritable, boorish, crabby, unhelpful, bearish, cross, crusty, curmudgeonly, dour, fractious, glum, grouchy, ill-mannered, ill-natured, morose, perverse, saturnine, sulky, sullen, testy, tetchy, ugly, uncivil, unfriendly, ungracious
Antonyms
bright, cheerful, friendly, gentle, happy, kind, nice, pleasant, polite, refined, sophisticated
Cross references
gruffbrusqueabruptshortcurtchurlishrudeimpolitediscourteousdisagreeablebad-temperedtruculentgrumpyshort-temperedirritableboorishcrabbyunhelpfulbearishcrosscrustycurmudgeonlydourfractiousglumgrouchyill-manneredill-natured
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