Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gurly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gurly
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Fierce and stormy.

adj

Unfriendly, irritable, surly.

adj

Alternative form of girly.

Example Sentences

"a gurly wind"
""Damn the gurly brute!" Postie complained once; "when I passed a pleasand remark about the weather the other morning, he just looked at me and blew the reek of his pipe in my face. And that was his only answer!""
"The satanic manipulations of SAW and Carol their evil make-up woman (who'll make you wear horrible itchy and distinctly gurly gunk every time you go on TOTP!)"

Etymology

From gurl (“to growl or snarl”) + -y.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: gurl

Inflected Forms

more gurly (comparative) most gurly (superlative) gurlier (comparative) gurliest (superlative)

Questions

What does gurly mean?: Fierce and stormy.
Where does gurly come from?: From gurl (“to growl or snarl”) + -y.

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