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Antisocial vs Surly - What's the difference?

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Antisocial is a related term of surly.


As adjectives the difference between antisocial and surly

is that antisocial is unwilling or unable to associate normally with other people while surly is (obsolete) lordly, arrogant, supercilious.

As a noun antisocial

is an antisocial individual.

As an adverb surly is

(obsolete) in an arrogant or supercilious manner.

antisocial

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Unwilling or unable to associate normally with other people
  • antagonistic, hostile, or unfriendly toward others; menacing
  • Opposed to social order or the principles of society; hostile toward society
  • Derived terms

    () * antisocially (adverb) * antisociality, the quality of being antisocial * Asbo, antisocial behaviour order * antisocial personality disorder

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An antisocial individual.
  • ----

    surly

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (obsolete) Lordly, arrogant, supercilious.
  • Irritated, bad-tempered, unfriendly.
  • Threatening, menacing, gloomy.
  • The surly weather put us all in a bad mood.

    Adverb

    (er)
  • (obsolete) In an arrogant or supercilious manner.
  • * 1623 , , Julius Caesar , I.iii,
  • Against the Capitol I met a lion / Who glazed upon me, and went surly