The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Surliness \Sur"li*ness\, n. The quality or state of being surly. [1913 Webster]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
surliness n 1: a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; "his temper was well known to all his employees" [syn: temper, biliousness, irritability, peevishness, pettishness, snappishness, surliness]