- churlishly rude or bad-tempered: a surly waiter.
- unfriendly or hostile; menacingly irritable: a surly old lion.
- dark or dismal; menacing; threatening: a surly sky.
- lordly; arrogant.
- sullenly ill-tempered or rude
- (of an animal) ill-tempered or refractory
- dismal
- arrogant