a surly waiter....
He was surly
The surly man behind the desk was most unhelpful
Anna was so surly because her bags were black and she was talking in a rude mean, way
The surly man walked into the bar and ordered a Jack Daniel's.
Is it because the passengers were stranded in an airport that Matt became quite surly?
"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
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.
The bold samurai soldiers fought a surly battle to the end.
The word "surly" is used to describe a person who is bad-tempered or extremely unfriendly. Such a person would be said to have an abrasive personality and is therefore difficult to get along with.