surliness
51irascibility — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Tendency to become angry Nouns 1. irascibility, temper; crossness; petulance, irritability, pugnacity, contentiousness, excitability; bad, hot, fiery, or quick temper, hot blood; ill humor, surliness,… …
52churlishness — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. surliness, coarseness, roughness; see rudeness …
53surly — sur|ly [ˈsə:li US ˈsə:rli] adj [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: sirly like a lord, proud and grand (14 17 centuries), from sir] bad tempered and unfriendly = ↑sullen ▪ a surly teenager >surliness n [U] …
54anger — {{11}}anger (n.) mid 13c., distress, suffering; anguish, agony, also hostile attitude, ill will, surliness, from O.N. angr distress, grief. sorrow, affliction, from the same root as ANGER (Cf. anger) (v.). Sense of rage, wrath is early 14c. O.N.… …
55morgue — (n.) mortuary, 1821, from Fr. Morgue, originally a specific building in Paris where bodies were exposed for identification: There is, in the most populous part of the French metropolis, an establishment entitled La Morgue, destined for the… …
56crustiness — n. quality of being crusty or surly; irritability; moroseness; surliness …
57actors /male — The acting tradition in Britain stretches back to medieval mystery plays. For professionals, theatre is generally regarded as the greatest test although it is now difficult to earn a living on stage. Most actors therefore also do television or …
58surly — adjective (surlier, surliest) bad tempered and unfriendly. Derivatives surlily adverb surliness noun Origin C16 (in the sense lordly, haughty ): alt. of obs. sirly (see sir, ly1) …
59perverseness — n. 1. Obstinacy, stubbornness, wilfulness, waywardness, perversity. 2. Petulance, peevishness, churlishness, moroseness, surliness, ill temper, perversity …
60rudeness — n. 1. Roughness, ruggedness, unevenness. 2. Artlessness, inelegance. 3. Ignorance, uncouthness, barbarousness, clownishness. 4. Coarseness, incivility, impoliteness, insolence, impertinence, pertness, sauciness, surliness, gruffness, churlishness …
