Churlishness

Churlishness
Churlishness Churl"ish*ness, n. Rudeness of manners or temper; lack of kindness or courtesy. [1913 Webster]

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  • churlishness — churlish ► ADJECTIVE ▪ rude, mean spirited, and surly. DERIVATIVES churlishly adverb churlishness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • churlishness — noun see churlish …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • churlishness — See churlishly. * * * …   Universalium

  • churlishness — noun the state of being churlish …   Wiktionary

  • churlishness — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. surliness, coarseness, roughness; see rudeness …   English dictionary for students

  • churlishness — n. rudeness; lack of education …   English contemporary dictionary

  • churlishness — n. 1. Rudeness, incivility, roughness, brutishness. 2. Crabbedness, moroseness, sullenness, tartness, acrimony, acerbity, asperity, harshness, bitterness, ill temper. 3. Niggardliness, stinginess, penuriousness, closeness, meanness, miserliness,… …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • churlishness — n 1. rusticity, ruralism, agrarianism; pastoralism, pastorality, bucolicism; inurbanity, back woodsiness, provincialism, provinciality, yokelism, Sl. hickishness; hominess, homeliness, homishness, Inf. folksiness. 2. boorishness, loutishness,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • churlishness — churl·ish·ness …   English syllables

  • churlishness — noun see churlish …   Useful english dictionary

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