Churlish
['tʃɜːlɪʃ]
Definition
(adj.) having a bad disposition; surly; 'churlish as a bear'- Shakespeare .
(adj.) rude and boorish .
Typist: Willard--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Like a churl; rude; cross-grained; ungracious; surly; illiberal; niggardly.
(a.) Wanting pliancy; unmanageable; unyielding; not easily wrought; as, a churlish soil; the churlish and intractable nature of some minerals.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Rude, harsh, BRUSQUE, uncivil, impolite, rough, brutal, surly, cynical, snarling, snappish, waspish.[2]. Crabbed, morose, sullen, ill-tempered.[3]. Niggardly, miserly, close, close-fisted, sordid, penurious, stingy, mean, mercenary, avaricious, illiberal.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Illiberal, niggardly, inhospitable, unsociable, unneighborly
ANT:Liberal, bountiful, hospitable_neighborly, sociable
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Examples
- Brambles, though churlish when handled, are kindly shelter in early winter, being the latest of the deciduous bushes to lose their leaves. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Only, I needn't be churlish to her, need I? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Annoyed at the churlish rebuff, I turned my back and walked home. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
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