churlish

rude, bad mannered

TRANSLATION

flegelhaft, ungehobelt

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Function: adjective

Date: before 12th century

1 : of, resembling, or characteristic of a churl : VULGAR

2 : marked by a lack of civility or graciousness : SURLY

3 : difficult to work with or deal with

SYNONYMS: boorish, coarse, crude, ill-mannered, rude, uncouth, gauche, vulgar

ANTONYMS: cosmopolitan, polished, polite, refined, sophisticated,
well-mannered

In medieval English social order, a churl was a peasant from the lowest caste of freeman. Over time, the word has come to denote anyone who is rude, uncouth, or boorish.

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