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churl⋅ish

  [chur-lish]
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–adjective
1. like a churl; boorish; rude: churlish behavior.
2. of a churl; peasantlike.
3. niggardly; mean.
4. difficult to work or deal with, as soil.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME cherlish, OE ceorlisc. See churl, -ish 1

Related forms:
churl⋅ish⋅ly, adverb
churl⋅ish⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. coarse, uncouth, vulgar, loutish; ill-natured, uncivil.

Antonyms:
1. courteous.
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churl·ish   (chûr'lĭsh)   
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.
churl'ish·ly adv., churl'ish·ness n.
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Churlish

Churl"ish\, a. 1. Like a churl; rude; cross-grained; ungracious; surly; illiberal; niggardly. "Churlish benefits." --Ld. Burleigh.

Half mankind maintain a churlish strife. --Cowper.

2. Wanting pliancy; unmanageable; unyielding; not easily wrought; as, a churlish soil; the churlish and intractable nature of some minerals. --Boyle.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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