CHURLISH

churlish. Churlish, a. rude, surly, niggardly, selfish

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Churl″ish, a. 1. 1. Like a churl; rude; cross-grained; ungracious; surly; illiberal; niggardly. “Churlish benefits.” Ld. Burleigh.
Half mankind maintain a churlish strife. Cowper. 2. 2. Wanting pliancy; unmanageable; unyielding; not easily wrought; as, a churlish soil; the churlish and intractable nature of some minerals. Boyle.