DORTY

Meaning of DORTY in English

ˈdȯrti adjective

Etymology: dort + -y

Scotland : peevish , sulky

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

DORTY — — dortiness , n. /dawr"tee/ , adj. Scot. sullen; sulky. [ 1505-15; dort sulkiness ( 1 ]
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DORTY — Function: adjective Synonyms: SULLEN , ||chuff, ||chuffy, crabbed, dour, gloomy, glum, sulky, surly, ugly
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DORTY — adjective Synonyms: sullen , ||chuff, ||chuffy, crabbed, dour, gloomy, glum, sulky, surly, ugly
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SURLY — adj. Function: adjective Synonyms: SULLEN , ||chuffy, crabbed, ||dorty, dour, glum, morose, saturnine, sulky, ugly Related Words: discourteous, ill-mannered, rude, …
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SULLEN
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SULKY — adj. Function: adjective Synonyms: SULLEN , ||chuffy, crabbed, ||dorty, dour, gloomy, glum, morose, saturnine, surly Related Words: cranky, testy, touchy; …
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SATURNINE — adj. Function: adjective Synonyms: SULLEN , crabbed, ||dorty, dour, gloomy, glum, morose, sulky, surly, ugly Related Words: grave, serious, solemn, …
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MUMPISH — adj. Function: adjective Synonyms: SULLEN , ||chuff, ||chuffy, ||dorty, dout, morose, saturnine, sulky, surly, ugly
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MOROSE — adj. Function: adjective 1 Synonyms: SULLEN , crabbed, ||dorty, dour, gloomy, glum, saturnine, sulky, surly, ugly Related Words: choleric, cranky, …
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GLUM — adj. Function: adjective Synonyms: SULLEN , ||chuff, crabbed, ||dorty, dour, gloomy, morose, saturnine, sulky, surly Related Words: close-lipped, silent, taciturn, …
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GLOOMY — adj. Function: adjective 1 Synonyms: DARK 1, caliginous, dim, dun, dusky, lightless, murky, obscure, tenebrous, unilluminated Related Words: bleak, dismal, …
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DOUR — adj. Function: adjective 1 Synonyms: GRIM 2, austere, bleak, hard, harsh, severe, stringent Related Words: rigid, rigorous, strict; implacable 2 …
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CRABBY — adj. Function: adjective Synonyms: SULLEN , ||chuffy, crabbed, ||dorty, dour, gloomy, glum, mumpish, sulky, surly
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CHUFFY — Function: adjective Synonyms: SULLEN , ||chuff, crabbed, ||dorty, dour, gloomy, glum, sulky, surly, ugly
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CHUFF — n. Function: adjective Synonyms: SULLEN , ||chuffy, crabbed, ||dorty, gloomy, glum, morose, sulky, surly, ugly
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CHUFFY — I. adjective Synonyms: stocky , ||chumpy, chunky, dumpy, squab, squat, squdgy, stubby, ||stuggy, stumpy II. adjective Synonyms: sullen , ||chuff, …
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CHUFF — I. chuff noun 1. Synonyms: boor , ||bosthoon, churl, clodhopper, clown, grobian, mucker 2. Synonyms: miser , hunks, moneygrubber, muckworm, …
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SURLY — adjective Synonyms: sullen , ||chuffy, crabbed, ||dorty, dour, glum, morose, saturnine, sulky, ugly Related Word: discourteous, ill-mannered, rude, ungracious; bearish, …
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SULLEN
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SULKY — adjective Synonyms: sullen , ||chuffy, crabbed, ||dorty, dour, gloomy, glum, morose, saturnine, surly Related Word: cranky, testy, touchy; cantankerous, irritable, …
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SATURNINE — adjective Synonyms: sullen , crabbed, ||dorty, dour, gloomy, glum, morose, sulky, surly, ugly Related Word: grave, serious, solemn, somber, staid; …
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MUMPISH — adjective Synonyms: sullen , ||chuff, ||chuffy, ||dorty, dout, morose, saturnine, sulky, surly, ugly
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MOROSE — adjective 1. Synonyms: sullen , crabbed, ||dorty, dour, gloomy, glum, saturnine, sulky, surly, ugly Related Word: choleric, cranky, irascible, splenetic, …
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GLUM — adjective Synonyms: sullen , ||chuff, crabbed, ||dorty, dour, gloomy, morose, saturnine, sulky, surly Related Word: close-lipped, silent, taciturn, tight-lipped; depressed, …
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GLOOMY — adjective 1. Synonyms: dark 1, caliginous, dim, dun, dusky, lightless, murky, obscure, tenebrous, unilluminated Related Word: bleak, dismal, dreary Antonyms: …
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DOUR — adjective 1. Synonyms: grim 2, austere, bleak, hard, harsh, severe, stringent Related Word: rigid, rigorous, strict; implacable 2. Synonyms: sullen …
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CRABBY — adjective Synonyms: sullen , ||chuffy, crabbed, ||dorty, dour, gloomy, glum, mumpish, sulky, surly
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