Dictionary Entry
churlish
churlish is a 8-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Like a churl; rude; cross-grained; ungracious; surly; illiberal; niggardly. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 17 · 4 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Like a churl; rude; cross-grained; ungracious; surly; illiberal; niggardly.
- 2adjective
Wanting pliancy; unmanageable; unyielding; not easily wrought; as, a churlish soil; the churlish and intractable nature of some minerals.
- 3adjective
having a bad disposition; surly- Shakespeare
"churlish as a bear"
- 4adjective
rude and boorish
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