Annoyed at the churlish rebuff, I turned my back and walked home.
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Churlish
//ˈtʃɜːlɪʃ//
Synonyms for "churlish" (120 found)
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1 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
16 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
50 translations across 17 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- անտաշ adj (rude or surly)
- բռի adj (rude or surly)
Bulgarian
2 entries- груб adj (rude or surly)
- скъпернически adj (stingy or grudging)
Czech
4 entries- buranský adj (rude or surly)
- hulvátský adj (rude or surly)
- neotesaný adj (rude or surly)
- neurvalý adj (rude or surly)
Dutch
4 entries- grof adj (rude or surly)
- grommend adj (stingy or grudging)
- onvriendelijk adj (rude or surly)
- slaafs adj (of or pertaining to a serf)
Finnish
3 entries- epähieno adj (rude or surly)
- karkea adj (rude or surly)
- moukkamainen adj (rude or surly)
German
4 entries- griesgrämig adj (rude or surly)
- knauserig adj (stingy or grudging)
- mürrisch adj (rude or surly)
- unfreundlich adj (rude or surly)
Greek
1 entries- αγροίκος adj (rude or surly)
Hungarian
3 entries- faragatlan adj (rude or surly)
- goromba adj (rude or surly)
- neveletlen adj (rude or surly)
Irish
4 entries- bodúil adj (rude or surly)
- doicheallach adj (rude or surly)
- doicheallach adj (stingy or grudging)
- tútach adj (rude or surly)
Italian
1 entries- villano adj (rude or surly)
Korean
1 entries- 야비한 adj (rude or surly)
Māori
3 entries- houkeke adj (rude or surly)
- hōkeke adj (rude or surly)
- toukeke adj (rude or surly)
Norwegian
2 entries- bondsk adj (of or pertaining to a serf)
- gretten adj (rude or surly)
Portuguese
2 entries- grosseiro adj (rude or surly)
- rústico adj (rude or surly)
Romanian
1 entries- ursuz adj (rude or surly)
Russian
4 entries- гру́бый adj (rude or surly)
- мужицкий adj (of or pertaining to a serf)
- скупо́й adj (stingy or grudging)
- труднообраба́тываемая по́чва adj ((of soil) difficult to till, lacking pliancy; unmanageable)
Spanish
4 entries- bruto adj (of or pertaining to a serf)
- grosero adj (rude or surly)
- maleducado adj (rude or surly)
- paleto adj (of or pertaining to a serf)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
[…] the eloquence and truth of his tribute stands in marked contrast to Kramer's churlish caricature of Kael as a happy pig wallowing in the dirt.
Source: wiktionary
[A]nd it is without all controuerſie, that learning doth make the minds of men gentle, generous, maniable, and pliant to gouernment; whereas Ignorance makes them churliſh, thwart, and mutinous; […]
Source: wiktionary
A Churliſh Envious Curr vvas gotten into a Manger, and there lay Growling and Snarling to keep the Horſes from their Provender. The Dog Eat None himſelf, and yet rather Ventur'd the Starving his Own Carcaſe then he would ſuffer any thing elfe to be the Better for't.
Source: wiktionary
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