churl
11churl — /cherrl/, n. 1. a rude, boorish, or surly person. 2. a peasant; rustic. 3. a niggard; miser: He was a churl in his affections. 4. Eng. Hist. a freeman of the lowest rank. [bef. 900; ME cherl, OE ceorl man, freeman; c. D kerel, G Kerl; akin to… …
12churl´ish|ness — churl|ish «CHUR lihsh», adjective. 1. rude or surly; bad tempered: »a churlish reply. SYNONYM(S): ungracious, boorish, uncivil. 2. stingy; grudging; niggardly; sordid. SYNONYM( …
13churl´ish|ly — churl|ish «CHUR lihsh», adjective. 1. rude or surly; bad tempered: »a churlish reply. SYNONYM(S): ungracious, boorish, uncivil. 2. stingy; grudging; niggardly; sordid. SYNONYM( …
14churl|ish — «CHUR lihsh», adjective. 1. rude or surly; bad tempered: »a churlish reply. SYNONYM(S): ungracious, boorish, uncivil. 2. stingy; grudging; niggardly; sordid. SYNONYM( …
15churl — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ceorl man, ceorl; akin to Old Norse karl man, husband Date: before 12th century 1. ceorl 2. a medieval peasant 3. rustic, countryman 4 …
16churl — noun a) a boorish person; a peasant b) (Þéodisc Geléafa): a freedman, ranked below a thane but above a thrall …
17Churl — In Isa. 32:5 (R.V. marg., crafty ), means a deceiver. In 1 Sam. 25:3, the word churlish denotes a man that is coarse and ill natured, or, as the word literally means, hard. The same Greek word as used by the LXX. here is found in Matt. 25:24,… …
18Churl — See Ceorl …
19churl — Synonyms and related words: Babbitt, Philistine, Silas Marner, arriviste, bondmaid, bondman, bondslave, bondsman, bondswoman, boor, bounder, bourgeois, cad, captive, chattel, chattel slave, clodhopper, clown, concubine, curmudgeon, debt slave,… …
20churl — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. villein, ceorl; peasant, rustic, yokel; boor, varlet, knave. See discourtesy, populace. Ant., gentleman. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A rustic or ill bred person] Syn. boor, yokel, bear, curmudgeon; see… …
