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churlish

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churl·ish  (chûrlsh)
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
Adjective
surly and rude
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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 << OPPOSITE polite
Translations
churlish [ˈtʃəːlɪʃ] adj → grosero (= mean); arisco
churlish [ˈtʃəːlɪʃ] adj → grossier/ère; hargneux/euse
churlish [ˈtʃəːlɪʃ] adj → griesgrämig;
(behaviour) → ungehobelt
churlish [ˈtʃəːlɪʃ] adj → rozzo/a, sgarbato/a


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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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