churlish

churl·ish (chûr

sh)

adj.

1. Of, like, or befitting a churl; boorish or vulgar.

2. Having a bad disposition; surly: "as valiant as the lion, churlish as the bear" (Shakespeare).

3. Difficult to work with, such as soil; intractable.

churlish·ly adv.

churlish·ness n.

churlish [ˈtʃɜːlɪʃ]

adj

1. rude or surly

2. of or relating to peasants

3. miserly

churlishly adv

churlishness n

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Adj.	1.	churlish - rude and boorish ungracious - lacking charm and good taste; "an ungracious industrial city"; "this curt summary is not meant to be ungracious"; "ungracious behavior"
	2.	churlish - having a bad disposition; surly; "churlish as a bear"- Shakespeare ill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition

churlish

adjective rude, harsh, vulgar, sullen, surly, morose, brusque, ill-tempered, boorish, uncouth, impolite, loutish, oafish, uncivil, unmannerly It seemed churlish to refuse an offer meant so kindly.
civil, mannerly, pleasant, noble, polite, cultivated, agreeable, amiable, courteous, well-bred, good-tempered

Translations

churlish [ˈtʃɜːlɪʃ] ADJ (= rude) → grosero, maleducado; (= unfriendly) → poco amistoso, arisco; (= mean) → mezquino
it would be churlish not to thank him → sería muy grosero or maleducado no darle las gracias

churlish [ˈtʃɜː^rlɪʃ] adj

(= rude) → grossier/ière

(bad-tempered) → hargneux/euse

(= mean) → mesquin(e)
it would be churlish to do ..., it seems churlish to do ... → il serait mesquin de faire ...

churlish

adj, churlishly

adv → ungehobelt

churlish [ˈtʃɜːlɪʃ] adj → rozzo/a, sgarbato/a

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acerbic acrimonious bearish boorish churlishly churlishness Churly disagreeable gallant gruff ill-bred ill-mannered impolite loutish morose oafish peevish perverse rude	By her help I also now Make this churlish place allow Something that may sweeten gladness In the very gall of sadness-- The dull loneness, the black shade, That these hanging vaults have made The strange music of the waves Beating on these hollow caves, This black den which rocks emboss, Overgrown with eldest moss, The rude portals that give light More to terror than delight, This my chamber of neglect Poems by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context The farmer who had been so churlish with Tess was quite smooth-tongued to Clare, and lent him a horse and man to drive him towards Marlott, the gig he had arrived in being sent back to Emminster; for the limit of a day's journey with that horse was reached. Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context No churlish old curmudgeon could have been the owner of that grove of bread-fruit trees, or of these gloriously yellow bunches of bananas. Typee by Melville, Herman View in context	churchgoer Churchgoing Churchill Churchill Downs Churchill Falls Churchill River Churchillian churchism Churchless Churchlike Churchliness churchly churchman Churchmanly Churchmanship Churchship churchwarden Churchwardenship churchwoman churchy churchyard churchyard beetle churidars churinga churl churlish churlishly churlishness Churly Churme churn churn away churn out churn up churned-up churning churr churrigueresco Churrigueresque churro Churrus Churrworm Chuse chute chute-the-chute chutist chutney chutzpa chutzpah chutzpanik Chuuk	Churchyard Beetle churchyard yew Churchyard, Thomas Churchyard, Thomas churchyards Churg-Strauss syndrome Churg-Strauss syndrome Churg-Strauss syndrome Churg-Strauss syndrome Churg-Strauss syndrome Churg-Strauss vasculitis Churg-Strauss vasculitis Churg-Strauss vasculitis Churge-Strauss Vasculitis Churhc of england Churhc of england Churhc of england Churidar churidars Churikovtsy Churinga Churinga Churinga churingas churingas churingas Churkin, Nikolai Churkin, Nikolai Nikolaevich churl churl churlish churlishly churlishly churlishness churlishness churls Churly Churme churn churn churn churn churn churn churn churn away Churn drill churn hole churn molding churn out churn out churn out churn out churn out Churn rate Churn rate Churn rate Churn rates Churn rates churn shot drill churn up

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By her help I also now Make this churlish place allow Something that may sweeten gladness In the very gall of sadness-- The dull loneness, the black shade, That these hanging vaults have made The strange music of the waves Beating on these hollow caves, This black den which rocks emboss, Overgrown with eldest moss, The rude portals that give light More to terror than delight, This my chamber of neglect

Poems by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context

The farmer who had been so churlish with Tess was quite smooth-tongued to Clare, and lent him a horse and man to drive him towards Marlott, the gig he had arrived in being sent back to Emminster; for the limit of a day's journey with that horse was reached.

Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context

No churlish old curmudgeon could have been the owner of that grove of bread-fruit trees, or of these gloriously yellow bunches of bananas.

Typee by Melville, Herman View in context

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