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churl
We found 12 definitions of churl from 6 different sources.
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What does churl mean?
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| churl - a bad-tempered person | ||
| grouch, grump, crank, crosspatch | ||
| disagreeable person, unpleasant person a person who is not pleasant or agreeable | ||
| crabby person, crab a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply; "he caught a crab and lost the race" | ||
| hothead, fire-eater a performer who pretends to swallow fire | ||
| churl - a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend | ||
| niggard, skinflint, scrooge | ||
| hoarder a person who accumulates things and hides them away for future use | ||
| churl - a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement | ||
| peasant, barbarian, boor, Goth, tyke, tike | ||
| disagreeable person, unpleasant person a person who is not pleasant or agreeable | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- churl (n.)
A rustic; a countryman or laborer. - churl (n.)
A rough, surly, ill-bred man; a boor. - churl (n.)
A selfish miser; an illiberal person; a niggard. - churl (a.)
Churlish; rough; selfish.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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churl
churl, n. a rustic, labourer: an ill-bred, surly fellow.—adj. Churl′ish, rude: surly: ill-bred.—adv. Churl′ishly.—n. Churl′ishness. [A.S. ceorl, a countryman; Ice. karl, Ger. kerl, a man; Scot. carl.]
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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churl
Originally, a labourer or husbandman: figuratively a rude, surly, boorish fellow. To put a churl upon a gentleman; to drink malt liquor immediately after having drunk wine.
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🔤- churl, noun, singular of churls.
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