What is the Latin word for surliness?

The usual Latin words for “surliness” are mōrōsitās, asper, difficilis; also difficultās. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“surliness” in Latin

mōrōsitāspeevishness, fretfulness, moroseness, gloom, ill-humor, moodiness, morosity; niceness, pedantry, over-scrupulousness, to asperrough, uneven, coarse; unrefined, rude; sharp, newly minted difficilisdifficult, hard, troublesome; obstinate, intractable, hard to please or manage difficultāsdifficulty, distress, trouble, hardship

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

surliness

morositas: mores austeri, asperi, difficiles: difficultas (Cic., rare).

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What is the Latin word for surliness?: The usual Latin words for “surliness” are mōrōsitās, asper, difficilis; also difficultās. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.