0 often in a bad mood, unfriendly, and not polite:
1 not wanting to please you or to be friendly:
The clerks in this post office are sullen, surly, and inefficient.
Another very deviant child was surly and extremely resistant as an accompaniment to her fearful, shy behavior.
In the wake of this experience, the surly silence and social compromises of the 1970s were rational reactions.
Napoleonic system met local needs, however much its material demands provoked violent resistance or surly resentment during the war years.
I did not think my successor would be so surly as not to keep them or make sure that they would not have power.
That surly staff might be replaced by people who welcome our custom?
It was a parade of vomiting, rudeness and surly, aggressive behaviour.
I do not put forward these arguments either as a demand for a handout for our country or in any surly, resentful or antagonistic spirit.
We should welcome that fact and not be surly about it.
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脾氣壞的, 不友好的,粗魯無禮的…
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脾气坏的, 不友好的,粗鲁无礼的…
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hosco, de carácter agrio, malhumorado…
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mal-humorado…
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asık suratlı, somurtkan, huysuz…
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