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PRONUNCIATION OF SURLIEST

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SURLIEST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Surliest is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SURLIEST

suricate
surimi
Surinam
Surinam toad
Suriname
Surinamese
surjection
surjective
surlier
surlily
surliness
surly
surmaster
surmisable
surmisal
surmise
surmiser
surmount
surmountable

WORDS THAT END LIKE SURLIEST

artiest
at the earliest
chilliest
costliest
deadliest
earliest
friendliest
godliest
holiest
jolliest
liveliest
loneliest
loveliest
lowliest
manliest
sightliest
silliest
sliest
smelliest
timeliest
ugliest

Synonyms and antonyms of surliest in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SURLIEST»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «surliest» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of surliest

Translation of «surliest» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SURLIEST

Find out the translation of surliest to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of surliest from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «surliest» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

surliest
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

surliest
570 millions of speakers

English

surliest
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

surliest
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

surliest
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

surliest
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

surliest
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

surliest
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

surliest
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Paling teruk
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

surliest
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

surliest
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

surliest
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Surliest
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

surliest
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

surliest
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सर्वात जास्त
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

surliest
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

surliest
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

surliest
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

surliest
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

surliest
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

surliest
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

surliest
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

surliest
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

surliest
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of surliest

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SURLIEST»

The term «surliest» is used very little and occupies the 183.134 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SURLIEST» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «surliest» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «surliest» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about surliest

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SURLIEST»

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The United States of Awesome: Fun, Fascinating, and ...
surliest. President. Seventh president of the United States, and face of the twenty- dollar bill, Andrew Jackson earned the nickname “Old Hickory” for being tough as old hickory wood on the battleeld. And he was just as tough o the battleeld.
Josh Miller, 2012
2
No Worries, Mate: A Manly Adventure in the Land Down Under
Another unexpected surprise also awaits the traveler on his journey to The Rock, and that's the opportunity to ride the surliest beast in the world, the camel. As the reader may remember, The Ghan now ferries goods and passengers between ...
Ken Ewell, 2000
3
Pamphlets
But nameless as he is, I confidently recommend him for the surliest, most unaccommodating officer that ever shuffled over a greasy deck. The purser and all the rest of the officers are good fellows, and they made such apologies as they dared ...
Samuel Roffey Maitland, 1880
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Poetical Works
EPITAPH ON A HARE! 5. ERE lies, whom hound did ne'er pursue, 1 Nor swifter greyhound follow, . Whose foot ne'er tainted morning dew, Nor ear heard huntsman's halloo; 01d Tiny, surliest of his kind,+ 5 Who, nursed with tender care, And to ...
William Cowper, John Bruce (F.S.A.), 1866
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Poetical Works
ERE lies, whom hound did ne'er pursue, Nor swifter greyhound follow, Whose foot ne'er tainted morning dew, Nor ear heard huntsman's halloo; Old Tiny, surliest of his kind,'f' 5 Who, nursed with tender care, And to domestic bounds confined, ...
John Milton, William Cowper, John Bruce, 1895
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Richard Mallinson's Fast Fiction: Volume Two
It goes to the person we, the committee, consider tohave been the Surliest Old Sod at the club over the past year or so. In spite ofbeing a fairly new member, you 've won it — by quite a margin, believe me... There'll be an official presentation on  ...
Richard Mallinson, 2013
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The Imaginary Bomb
IN A roomful of surly-looking men, there's always one who looks the surliest. This gentleman looked like he never relaxed his face long enough to turn his scowl into a mere frown. His dark complexion didn't match the reddish hair very well, but ...
B. W. Richardson, 2008
8
Screen Saviors: Hollywood Fictions of Whiteness
This sentimental image seems to suggest that even the surliest black will eventually come to love the kind and noble white master. In Birth of a Nation, the threat of the renegade black Gus had to be neutralized by killing him; in Glory, the bad ...
Hernan Vera, Andrew Gordon, 2003
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From Johnson's Kids to Lemonade Opera: The American ...
For that matter, even the surliest applaud him for signing such world-class conductors as Bruno Walter, Sir Thomas Beecham, George Szell, Fritz Busch, and Fritz Reiner; for restoring Mozart and such overlooked masterpieces as Fidelio, Otello ...
Victoria Etnier Villamil, 2004
10
The complete works of John Ruskin
pay the surliest housekeepers into patience until he had seen it to heart's content ; if none of these, I was allowed to look at Guido, Carlo Dolce — or the more skilful masters of the Dutch school — Cuyp, Teniers, Hobbima, Wouvermans ; but  ...
John Ruskin, 1891

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SURLIEST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term surliest is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Pura Lets You Monitor Your Finicky Cat's Water Intake
Its base is heavy and the bottom is lined with slip-proof material, so even the surliest feline can't knock it over (unless it teams up with other cats). Pura is a lot ... «TechCrunch, Jul 15»
2
His Name Is Ray, But He's No Ray Of Sunshine
He is the dourest, surliest antihero seen yet in any of TV's antihero dramas. He is almost always scowling, has never made a comment even remotely resembling ... «MediaPost Communications, Jul 15»
3
Here are the most popular passages from Me and Earl and the …
“In the words of Nizar, the surliest and least-English-speaking of Benson's ESL kids, “Fuck dick shit ass.” “Immediately assume you are gay, and there is no force ... «Entertainment Weekly, Jun 15»
4
Treasury secretary Jack Lew booed at Jerusalem Post conference
... the event, a reception Haaretz characterized as “one of the surliest reactions ever accorded to such a high-ranking administration official by a Jewish audience ... «fox2now.com, Jun 15»
5
SCOTUS Wins Could Mean 2016 Headaches for GOP
It was, Israel's Haaretz newspaper reports, one of the “surliest” receptions a Jewish-American audience has given a high-ranking administration official in recent ... «U.S. News & World Report, Jun 15»
6
7 Iconic David Letterman Female Guests Because His Most …
Yet another titan of the late night talk show circuit has marched gently into that good night. America's surliest talk show host David Letterman has officially retired ... «Bustle, May 15»
7
GOP candidates for governor continue sparring at Kentucky Sports …
Heiner, he said, “has surrounded himself with the surliest and sorriest group of people.” “I don't know if he's behind the Comer story, but I'm telling you his people ... «cn|2, May 15»
8
John Moreland High on Tulsa Heat
... keep mining the horizon/ digging for lies I've yet to tell.” Lines like that ought to make even the surliest barflies put down their drinks and listen. And if they don't ... «American Songwriter, Apr 15»
9
Who Is Vernon On 'Empire'? Malik Yoba Should Look Familiar …
Yoba played the surliest member of the team, Yul Brenner (not the midcentury actor), who believes, like the rest of the world, that four guys from a Caribbean ... «Bustle, Feb 15»
10
'R2-D2 With Subtitles' Proves Artoo's The Sassiest, Surliest Droid In …
While Eclectic Method was making their Droid-remix, they put together this “R2-D2 With Subtitles” video on the side. Artoo's bleeps don't really translate directly ... «Uproxx, Jan 15»

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