Surly
Antonyms of SURLY
- serene, sympathetic, nice, bright, kind, joyful, good-humored, benign, sophisticated, tolerant, indulgent, carefree, polite, bland, easygoing, calm, content, gladsome, gentle, vivacious, relaxed, tender, high-spirited, lively, placid, benignant, amicable, congenial, complaisant, glad, refined, patient, happy-go-lucky, friendly, perky, long-suffering, cheerful, pleasant, happy, sunny, mild, cheery, loving, lighthearted.
Examples of usage:
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They are all disappointed, most of them surly as bears that had been shot in the head, and have scratched the place to a sore. "The Lone Ranche" by Captain Mayne Reid
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" You do intrude," said Fuseli, in a surly tone. "Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3)" by Shearjashub Spooner
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Sweyn made no reply, but Edmund saw that he was far from pleased at his father's words, and a look of surly determination on his face showed the young Saxon that he would go his own way in the matter if it lay in his power. "The Dragon and the Raven or, The Days of King Alfred" by G. A. Henty
