churlish Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite rude and boorish
  2. adjective satellite having a bad disposition; surly
    • churlish as a bear"- Shakespeare

WordNet

Churl"ish adjective
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913