The surly man behind the desk was most unhelpful
a surly waiter....
He was surly
Is it because the passengers were stranded in an airport that Matt became quite surly?
Anna was so surly because her bags were black and she was talking in a rude mean, way
"His bodyguards were surly", "those men look surly", "those police women look really surly". (Surly means somewhere between burly and menacing).
http:/dictionary.reference.com/browse/churlish Churlish means surly or mean. a sentence for the word churlish is The store manager instructed all the salesclerks to avoid churlish replies to customers question
The bold samurai soldiers fought a surly battle to the end.
The surly man walked into the bar and ordered a Jack Daniel's.
Some people have a reputation of being churlish and difficult to get along with
surly
abusive blunt surly
The root of the word "surly" is "sur," which means bad-tempered or unfriendly. The suffix "-ly" is added to form an adverb, turning "sur" into "surly," which means behaving in a bad-tempered and rude way.