Word of the day:Surly / Here’s the thing

Word of the day

Surly : de mau humor, aborrecido, carrancudo, rabugento, grosseiro, rude

Synonyms: glum, mopey, pouting, pouty, sullen, surly, having or showing a habitually bad temper, given to or displaying a resentful silence and often irritability, acid, bearish, bilious

 “The surly receptionist told us we'd have to wait outside in the rain.”

“…went about his chores in a surly huff, totally annoyed that he was stuck at home on this beautiful Saturday…” (www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary)

Obs.:surely = seguramente

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Here’s the thing

-o negócio é o seguinte

-é o seguinte

 “But here's the thing.  I retraced your exact steps according to your statement.

You couldn't have seen Detective Eckhart from there.  I mean, not in that fog.”

 (Mas o negócio é o seguinte. Eu refiz seus exatos passos de acordo com sua declaração. Você não poderia ter visto o detective Eckhart daqui. Quero dizer, não com esta neblina.)

(Insomnia  / “Insônia”)

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Inn a huff

Inn a huff: de mau humor, ofendido, irritado

“When he left out her name, she stalked out in a huff.” 

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Word of the day: Surly

Surly : de mau humor, aborrecido, carrancudo, rabugento, grosseiro, rude

Synonyms: glum, mopey, pouting, pouty, sullen, surly, having or showing a habitually bad temper, given to or displaying a resentful silence and often irritability, acid, bearish, bilious

 “The surly receptionist told us we'd have to wait outside in the rain.”

“…went about his chores in a surly huff, totally annoyed that he was stuck at home on this beautiful Saturday…” (www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary)

Obs.:surely = seguramente, certamente, realmente, de fato

Word of the day; Glum

Glum:  carrancudo, de mau humor, taciturno, sombrio, abatido, lúgubre

Synonyms:  black, bleak, cheerless, chill, Cimmerian, cloudy, cold, comfortless, dark, darkening, depressing, depressive, desolate, dire, disconsolate, dismal, drear, dreary

“…the usual glum waiting room at the tax collector's office…” (www.merriam-webster.com)

Word of the Day: Crabby

crabby: de mau humor, rabugento, ranzinza, intratável. 2 acre, azedo. 3 difícil de entender, obscuro, intricado, confuso

Synonyms: choleric, irritable, cranky, cross, crotchety,fiery, grouchy, grumpy, irascible, pettish,petulant, prickly, quick-tempered, raspy, ratty, short-empered,  snappy, snarky,  testy, waspish

“Nick said. "He's so crabby I don't go near him.” (www.latimes.com, September 14, 2003)