Definitionn. a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger
Last update: September 23, 2015
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Then comes gentleness - the virtue regulative of anger; and the list is concluded by the excellences of social intercourse, friendliness (as a mean between obsequiousness and surliness), truthfulness and decorous wit. [Please select]
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Is it body or spirit that rules him--his fear, lust, vanity, gluttony, surliness, or sloth. [Please select]
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Bostil thought this strange and put it down to the surliness of the fellow, who had lost on the races. [Please select]
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"These be some of my investments," he answered, with just a tinge of surliness. [Please select]
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Brock's brother was so often deprived of his legitimate spoils, that, while his surliness was increased, his bodily growth was checked. [Please select]
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But then, repenting of my surliness, I added, "And none so perilous that you need fear, Mistress Barbara." [Please select]
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“Well, I suppose I’ll have to assume responsibility for him and his acts,” I remarked, piqued by the fellow’s surliness. [Please select]
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Monty knew better than mistake Fred's surliness for anything but friendship in distress. [Please select]
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In confinement these rats are not engaging pets; they show a considerable amount of surliness and ferocity. [Please select]
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He went far out of his way and lost much time, all on account of his surliness. [Please select]
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But there was a look of perplexity in her eyes--as if she were casting about for some stupidly tactless act or omission of her own to account for his surliness--that made him recant altogether. [Please select]
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