Churlish Mnemonic
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churlish
churlish
/ˈtʃɜːlɪʃ/
rustic
cross-grained
rude
surly
ungracious
grudging
illiberal
miserly
niggardly
stingy
Examples
- Is it churlish to rebuff praise
- It sounds childish and churlish.
- There is nothing churlish about this.
- It would be churlish to suggest otherwise.
- It is churlish of you to take a dispute to this arena.
- It is not churlish, it is sensible and our usual practice.
- It would therefore be churlish to query the name.
- Frankly, it seems petty and churlish to remove the attribution.
- I consider this unconstructive editing to be rather churlish.
- I'm not interested in churlish edit wars with you.
rude and boorish
adjective
having a bad disposition; surly- Shakespeare
adjective
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"Curl + Fish. The fish was so rude, it wouldn't even curl up for a photo."
"Curl + Dish. The rude boy would curl his lip at the dish he didn't wish."
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