adj
Meaning 1
Of or pertaining to a serf, peasant, or rustic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rustic
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
churlish
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtʃɜːlɪʃ/
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US: /ˈt͡ʃɝːlɪʃ/
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rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)lɪʃ
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CMU ARPABET: CH ER1 L IH0 SH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Rude, surly, ungracious.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cross-grained, rude, surly, ungracious
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Stingy or grudging.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: grudging, illiberal, miserly, niggardly, stingy
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Difficult to till, lacking pliancy; unmanageable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 1730–1774, Oliver Goldsmith, Introductory to Switzerland Where the bleak Swiss their stormy mansion tread, And force a churlish soil for scanty bread.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
having a bad disposition; surly- Shakespeare
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- churlish as a bear
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
rude and boorish
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English churlysshe, cherlissh, from late Old English ċeorlisċ, ċierlisċ (“of or pertaining to churls”), equivalent to churl + -ish.
Across languages
Translations
58 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: slaafs — of or pertaining to a serf
- Norwegian: bondsk — of or pertaining to a serf
- Polish: chłopski — of or pertaining to a serf
- Russian: мужицкий (mužickij) — of or pertaining to a serf
- Spanish: paleto — of or pertaining to a serf
- Spanish: rústico — of or pertaining to a serf
- Spanish: bruto — of or pertaining to a serf
- Armenian: բռի (bṙi) — rude or surly
- Armenian: անտաշ (antaš) — rude or surly
- Bulgarian: груб (grub) — rude or surly
- Czech: neurvalý — rude or surly
- Czech: hulvátský — rude or surly
- Czech: neotesaný — rude or surly
- Czech: buranský — rude or surly
- Dutch: grof — rude or surly
- Dutch: onvriendelijk — rude or surly
- Finnish: moukkamainen — rude or surly
- Finnish: karkea — rude or surly
- Finnish: epähieno — rude or surly
- German: ungehobelt — rude or surly
- German: unfreundlich — rude or surly
- German: mürrisch — rude or surly
- German: griesgrämig — rude or surly
- Greek: αγροίκος (agroíkos) — rude or surly
- Hungarian: goromba — rude or surly
- Hungarian: neveletlen — rude or surly
- Hungarian: faragatlan — rude or surly
- Irish: bodúil — rude or surly
- Irish: tútach — rude or surly
- Irish: doicheallach — rude or surly
- Italian: villano — rude or surly
- Korean: 야비한 (yabihan) — rude or surly
- Māori: toukeke — rude or surly
- Māori: houkeke — rude or surly
- Māori: hōkeke — rude or surly
- Norwegian: gretten — rude or surly
- Polish: chamski — rude or surly
- Polish: gburowaty — rude or surly
- Polish: grubiański — rude or surly
- Portuguese: rústico — rude or surly
- Portuguese: grosseiro — rude or surly
- Romanian: ursuz — rude or surly
- Russian: гру́бый (grúbyj) — rude or surly
- Spanish: poco afable — rude or surly
- Spanish: maleducado — rude or surly
- Spanish: grosero — rude or surly
- Bulgarian: скъпернически (skǎperničeski) — stingy or grudging
- Dutch: grommend — stingy or grudging
- Dutch: weerbarstig — stingy or grudging
- German: knauserig — stingy or grudging
- German: widerwillig — stingy or grudging
- Irish: doicheallach — stingy or grudging
- Polish: skąpy — stingy or grudging
- Polish: niechętny — stingy or grudging
- Polish: wstrzemięźliwy — stingy or grudging
- Russian: скупо́й (skupój) — stingy or grudging
- Polish: trudny do uprawy — (of soil) difficult to till, lacking pliancy; unmanageable
- Russian: труднообраба́тываемая по́чва (trudnoobrabátyvajemaja póčva) — (of soil) difficult to till, lacking pliancy; unmanageable