| Surliness (n.) The quality or state of being surly. Thesaurus Entries abruptness, aggressiveness, bearishness, beastliness, bluntness, boorishness, bouderie, brashness, brusqueness, brusquerie, churlishness, crustiness, curtness, dejection, dumpishness, glumness, grimness, gruffness, grumness, harshness, melancholy, moodiness, moodishness, mopishness, moroseness, nastiness, roughness, severity, sharpness, shortness, sulkiness, sullenness, truculence |