surlier

They're both prone to sloppier dress and surlier demeanor.

All God's Creatures Oliver Hunt 2011

He had become surlier, more distant, and more detached when they were together.

Brooklyn Story Suzanne Corso 2011

I suppose if I was in a surlier mood, I might've continued on: "So, I just wanted to thank you."

The Indignity of Summer: It's Always Dorkiest Before the Fall BikeSnobNYC 2010

"Madam, you will not like this room, " said Mr. Jones, looking even surlier.

Working Without a Net Randy Lowens 2010

He glanced at it and his gaze became surlier, if that was possible.

The Body Ricardo 2010

Since then, I have watched year after year as Ride-On drivers have become ever surlier, ever more distanced from the basic concept of customer service, ever less cognizant that riders -- and taxpayers -- pay their salaries.

Ride-On's bad attitude Keith Berner 2010

In New Orleans, the dancers know "what to do with a downbeat, making the old deck jump," while upriver, surlier folk regard the black band with "bovine mistrust."

An Adventure Tale Haunted by Loss Julia Reed 2009

And even that marks me as old: Last weekend I bought a pair of used CDs for the first time in I don't know when (something I used to do weekly), and the only person in the store obviously under 30 was the surlier-than-thou clerk.

Beyond the Album 2008

That's good news for researchers, too — especially those who deal with the surlier members of the animal kingdom.

Mr. Know-It-All: Sex-Offender Witch Hunt, Facebook Fibs, Radio-Tagged Deer 2007

I squinted angrily, looking like a surlier Danny DeVito.

The Cold Hard Light Of The Course 2005