churlish

Definition of Churlish in English :

1. churlish

rude and boorish

2. churlish

having a bad disposition; surly

Example Sentences:
'churlish as a bear'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Churlish

adjective

1.

rude or surly

2.

of or relating to peasants

3.

miserly

adjective

1.

of a churl or churls; rustic

2.

like a churl; surly; boorish

3.

stingy or mean

4. Rare

hard to work or manage

adj.

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

2. Archaic Of, like, or befitting a churl; boorish or vulgar.

3. Archaic Difficult to work with; intractable. Used as of soil.