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Inhospitable vs Surly - What's the difference?

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Inhospitable is a related term of surly.


As adjectives the difference between inhospitable and surly

is that inhospitable is (of a person) not inclined to hospitality; unfriendly, while surly is (obsolete) lordly, arrogant, supercilious.

As an adverb surly is

(obsolete) in an arrogant or supercilious manner.

inhospitable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (of a person) Not inclined to hospitality; unfriendly,
  • (of a place) Not offering shelter; barren or forbidding.

    • Derived terms

    * inhospitability * inhospitableness * inhospitably

    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