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nors — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • crusty adjective Having a hard, crisp outer layer, especially bread.
  • morose adjective Gloomy, sullen, and in a persistently bad mood.
  • ornery adj Stubborn, grumpy, and difficult to deal with.
  • sulky adjective Silent and bad-tempered, especially after being upset about something.
  • sullen adjective Gloomy, silent, and bad-tempered.

Senses

nors is used for these senses in English:

  • crusty (informal, figuratively, of a person or behavior) Short-tempered and gruff but, sometimes, with a harmless or benign inner nature.
  • morose Sullen, gloomy; showing a brooding ill humour.
  • ornery (originally, and, chiefly, US, especially, Appalachia, informal) Disagreeable, stubborn, and troublesome to deal with; cantankerous.
  • sulky (often, derogatory) silent and withdrawn after being upset
  • sullen Having a brooding ill temper; sulky.

crusty — full definition

  1. adjective Having a hard, crisp outer layer, especially bread.
  2. adjective Grumpy or short-tempered, often in an old, curmudgeonly way.

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