Hypertext Webster Gateway: "churlish"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Churlish \Churl"ish\, a.
1. Like a churl; rude; cross-grained; ungracious; surly;
illiberal; niggardly. ``Churlish benefits.'' --Ld.
Burleigh.
Half mankind maintain a churlish strife. --Cowper.
2. Wanting pliancy; unmanageable; unyielding; not easily
wrought; as, a churlish soil; the churlish and intractable
nature of some minerals. --Boyle.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
churlish
adj 1: rude and boorish
2: having a bad disposition; surly; "churlish as a bear"-
Shakespeare
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