Churlishness

noun

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Noun

1
the state of being churlish uncountable

Synonyms

curtness cussedness harshness indelicacy irascibility meanness

Etymology

From Middle English *churlischnesse, *cherlischnesse, from Old English ċeorlisċnes, equivalent to churlish + -ness.

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