adjective. Sullenly ill-humored; gruff.

adjective. Threatening, as of weather conditions; ominous.

adjective. Arrogant; domineering.

Sour in nature or disposition; morose; crabbed; churlish; ill-natured; cross and rude: as, a surly fellow; a surly dog.

Arrogant; haughty.

Rough; dark; tempestuous; gloomy; dismal.

Synonyms Cross, crusty, snappish, uncivil.

adjective. Arrogant; haughty.

adjective. Gloomily morose; ill-natured, abrupt, and rude; severe; sour; crabbed; rough; sullen; gloomy.

adjective. Rough; dark; tempestuous.

adjective. Lordly, arrogant, supercilious.

adjective. Irritated, bad-tempered, unfriendly.

adjective. Threatening, menacing, gloomy.

adverb. In an arrogant or supercilious manner.

adjective. inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace

"In no way a cuddly cowboy Woody, Josh Brolin as the title surly supernatural gunslinger is a very different kind of settler dodging bullets across the wild west, or rather deep south, settling old scores and new ones that may not have even arrived,"

affable  agreeable  gracious  smooth-spoken  

ill-natured  

Adderley  Curley  Early  Hurley  Shirley  

angry  brusque  gruff  haughty  impatient  

abrupt  aggressive  argumentative  arrogant  bad-tempered  

surlier  surliest