churlish
5
8.5
- adjective
- /ˈtʃɜr.lɪʃ/
- Formal
:
grosero
- It was churlish of him to refuse to help when everyone else was pitching in.
And not once, twice, like a churlish little punk in the schoolyard he mentions, well, I'm not going to comment on harsh money for porn stars.
- And not once, twice, like a churlish little punk in the schoolyard he mentions, well, I'm not going to comment on harsh money for porn stars.
Examples
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At the risk of sounding churlish, I didn't particularly want to spend another half hour making small talk with a total stranger.
Fiction book (1996) -
Hector is neatly turning the tables on Bobby, who now appears churlish and childish.
Fiction book (1993) -
"I sound churlish to you."
Fiction book (2000) -
I'm aware of my tendency to be churlish on the subject of virtual reality.
Fiction book (1997) -
Yes, well, under the circumstances it seems a little churlish not to meet the woman responsible - for this voyage of lunacy.
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But since he's leaving on the same day, it would have been churlish of me not to offer him a seat in my carriage.
Fiction book (1993) -
Berliners dismissed his sarcasm as churlish and went on living.
Fiction book (1990) -
It would be also completely churlish of me not to recognize the considerable kindness and devotion you have shown.
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I didn't begin by choosing the pear, but it would be churlish to refuse its offering.
Academic text (1994) -
Given Taylor's apparent confidence in the present level of social consensus, it would perhaps be churlish to ask him for his view of the increasingly divisive "culture wars" raging in American society.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
22
8.5
Being bad-tempered and stubborn, often hard to deal with
13
8.2
Being rude and not caring about other people's feelings or manners
12
5.5
To behave in a rude, spoiled way like a child
9
8.6
Gets angry easily and often argues with people
4
5.7
Easily annoyed and quick to get angry
3
9.5
Often bad-tempered and easily annoyed, like a grumpy older person
1
6.3
Not polite and often rude to others
1
9.1
Not polite or kind to other people
1
7.7
Showing a mean, hurtful way of speaking to others
1
8.5
Being rude and mean to other people
1
9.9
Very rude and greedy in behavior, like a pig
Being mean and cowardly toward other people
Being easily annoyed and bad-tempered, often showing impatience
Becoming easily annoyed and acting in a bad-tempered way
Being bad-tempered and easily offended
Being a little angry and easily annoyed with people
Antonyms
How Rude
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Churlish comes from an old English word ceorl, which meant 'free peasant' or a simple country worker. Over time people saw a ceorl as rough and rude, so churlish came to mean 'rude or bad-tempered'.