surliness

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

surliness
    n 1: a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; "his temper
         was well known to all his employees" [syn: {temper},
         {biliousness}, {irritability}, {peevishness},
         {pettishness}, {snappishness}, {surliness}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Surliness \Sur"li*ness\, n.
   The quality or state of being surly.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

33 Moby Thesaurus words for "surliness":
      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

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