Usually means: More ill-tempered or grumpy.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. surlier: Merriam-Webster
  2. surlier: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. surlier: Collins English Dictionary
  4. surlier: Vocabulary.com
  5. surlier: Wordnik
  6. surlier: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. surlier: Wiktionary
  8. surlier: Dictionary.com
  9. surlier: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. surlier: FreeDictionary.org
  11. surlier: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. surlier: Legal dictionary

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  1. surlier: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (surly)

adjective:  Irritated, bad-tempered, unfriendly.
adjective:  Threatening, menacing, gloomy.
adjective:  (obsolete) Lordly, arrogant, supercilious.
adverb:  (obsolete) In an arrogant or supercilious manner.
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