surly

What does surly mean?

surly means "inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace".

How many syllables are in surly?

surly has 2 syllables: sur-ly. The stress falls on "sur". In IPA it is /ˈsɝli/.

What is another word for surly?

Close synonyms include ugly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is surly a common word?

surly is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for surly come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.