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• (surly)- churlishly rude or bad-tempered, ( ; ; );
His was not an arrogant nature, nor a surly--but the change in his
environment had been painfully abrupt. — The Promise A Tale of the Great
Northwest;
• (rude)- discourteous or impolite, esp. in a deliberate way, ( ; ;
); They complain very much of the servants being so rude, and doing so
much as they please. — The Grimke Sisters;
• (cross)- angry and annoyed; ill-humored; snappish, ( ; );
Don't be cross with me;
• adverse; unfavorable, ( );
• (boorish)- of or like a boor; unmannered; crude; insensitive; At his
suggestion, Beethoven, who was a practical joker of boorish capabilities, sent
her a tuft from the chin of a goat. — The Love Affairs of Great Musicians;
• (ill-humored)- irritable; surly;
• (gruff)- rough, brusque, or surly, ( ; ); His voice was gruff,
his eyes full of golden chips. — Garwood, Julie - Gentle Warrior;
• (brusque)- abrupt in manner; blunt; rough, ( ; ); His animated
speeches--brusque, martial, and full of feeling--made quite a sensation. —
Renée Mauperin;
• (curmudgeon)- a bad-tempered, difficult, cantankerous person, (
); Village Barbershop is an old-hat story --
curmudgeon grudgingly takes in brash youth, with eventual life-enhancing
benefits for both. — GreenCine Daily;
• (impetuous)- of, pertaining to, or characterized by sudden or rash action,
emotion, etc.; impulsive, ( ; ;
; ); The character has gone from a
very impetuous, aggressive, almost nasty young man to a very quiet, strong,
very reserved lawyer. — 100 New Yorkers of the 1970s;
• (madcap)- behaving or acting impulsively or rashly; wild;
splenetic = prickly = waspish
• (splenetic)- irritable; peevish; spiteful, ( ; ); For many
years he continued to discharge splenetic remarks about his music, and he
was always annoyed at being called his pupil. — Joseph Haydn;
• (prickly)- full of or armed with prickles, ( );
• full of troublesome points, ( ); She was rather prickly, and there was
more I wanted to know. — Celtic Riddle;