adjective · rare

churlish

churlish · more churlish · most churlish

мужицкий, грубый, скупой, труднообрабатываемая почва

ungehobelt, unfreundlich, mürrisch, griesgrämig

Of or pertaining to a serf, peasant, or rusticOf or pertaining to a serf, peasant, or rustic.

UK/ˈtʃɜːlɪʃ/US/ˈt͡ʃɝːlɪʃ/

» Annoyed at the churlish rebuff, I turned my back and walked home.

Meaning

4 senses

Of or pertaining to a serf, peasant, or rustic.
мужицкийmužickij
Rude, surly, ungracious.
ungehobelt, unfreundlich, mürrisch
гру́быйgrúbyj
rude and boorish
Stingy or grudging.
knauserig, widerwillig
скупо́йskupój
Difficult to till, lacking pliancy; unmanageable.
1730–1774, Oliver Goldsmith, Introductory to Switzerland Where the bleak Swiss their stormy mansion tread, And force a churlish soil for scanty bread.
труднообраба́тываемая по́чваtrudnoobrabátyvajemaja póčva

Examples

1 sentences

Annoyed at the churlish rebuff, I turned my back and walked home.
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Translations

6 languages

Русский

By meaning 4

of or pertaining to a serf:

rude or surly:

stingy or grudging:

(of soil) difficult to till, lacking pliancy; unmanageable:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

rude or surly:

stingy or grudging:

Origin

From Middle English cherlisch, cherlissh, from late Old English ċeorlisċ, ċierlisċ (“of or

From Middle English cherlisch, cherlissh, from late Old English ċeorlisċ, ċierlisċ (“of or pertaining to churls”), equivalent to churl + -ish. Piecewise doublet of ceorlish.

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