churlish
IPA: tʃˈɝɫɪʃ
adjective
- Of or pertaining to a serf, peasant, or rustic.
- Rude, surly, ungracious.
- Stingy or grudging.
- (of soil) Difficult to till, lacking pliancy; unmanageable.
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Examples of "churlish" in Sentences
- Is it churlish to rebuff praise
- It sounds childish and churlish.
- There is nothing churlish about this.
- It would be churlish to suggest otherwise.
- It would therefore be churlish to query the name.
- I'm not interested in churlish edit wars with you.
- It is churlish of you to take a dispute to this arena.
- It is not churlish, it is sensible and our usual practice.
- I consider this unconstructive editing to be rather churlish.
- Frankly, it seems petty and churlish to remove the attribution.
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