churlish

adjectiveB1

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more churlish

Superlative

most churlish

1.
Of or pertaining to a serf, peasant, or rustic.
[…] 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.
Đồng nghĩa: rustic
2.
Rude, surly, ungracious.
Đồng nghĩa: cross-grained, rude, surly, ungracious
3.
Stingy or grudging.
Đồng nghĩa: grudging, illiberal, miserly, niggardly, stingy
4.
(of soil) Difficult to till, lacking pliancy; unmanageable.
1730–1774, Oliver Goldsmith, Introductory to Switzerland Where the bleak Swiss their stormy mansion tread, And force a churlish soil for scanty bread.

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Đồng nghĩa

rusticcross-grainedrude surly ungracious grudgingilliberalmiserly niggardly stingy

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From Middle English churlysshe, cherlissh, from late Old English ċeorlisċ, ċierlisċ (of or pertaining to churls), equivalent to churl + -ish.