Antisocial vs Surly - What's the difference?
antisocial | surly | Related terms |
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
(obsolete) Lordly, arrogant, supercilious.
Irritated, bad-tempered, unfriendly.
Threatening, menacing, gloomy.
(obsolete) In an arrogant or supercilious manner.
* 1623 , , Julius Caesar , I.iii,
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
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Adjective
(en adjective)Derived terms
() * antisocially (adverb) * antisociality, the quality of being antisocial * Asbo, antisocial behaviour order * antisocial personality disordersurly
English
Adjective
(er)- The surly weather put us all in a bad mood.
Adverb
(er)- Against the Capitol I met a lion / Who glazed upon me, and went surly