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  • 91temper — [n1] state of mind atmosphere, attitude, attribute, aura, character, climate, complexion, condition, constitution, disposition, drift, frame of mind, humor, individualism, individuality, leaning, makeup, mind, mood, nature, orientation, outlook,… …

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  • 92surlily — surly ► ADJECTIVE (surlier, surliest) ▪ bad tempered and unfriendly. DERIVATIVES surlily adverb surliness noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «lordly, haughty»: from obsolete sirly, from SIR(Cf. ↑sir) …

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  • 93surly — ► ADJECTIVE (surlier, surliest) ▪ bad tempered and unfriendly. DERIVATIVES surlily adverb surliness noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «lordly, haughty»: from obsolete sirly, from SIR(Cf. ↑sir) …

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  • 94surly — [sʉr′lē] adj. surlier, surliest [earlier sirly, masterful, imperious < sir,SIR] 1. bad tempered; sullenly rude; hostile and uncivil 2. gloomy and threatening: said of weather 3. Obs. haughty; arrogant surlily adv. surliness n …

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  • 95ill nature — noun a disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent disposition • Ant: ↑good nature • Hypernyms: ↑disposition, ↑temperament • Hyponyms: ↑crabbiness, ↑crabbedness, ↑ …

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  • 96querulousness — noun the quality of being given to complaining • Derivationally related forms: ↑querulous • Hypernyms: ↑temper, ↑biliousness, ↑irritability, ↑peevishness, ↑pettishness, ↑snappishness, ↑ …

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  • 97surly — adj. (surlier, surliest) bad tempered and unfriendly; churlish. Derivatives: surlily adv. surliness n. Etymology: alt. spelling of obs. sirly haughty f. SIR + LY(1) …

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  • 98crustiness — ˈkrəstēnə̇s, tin noun ( es) : surliness, irritability …

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