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

1. adjective. Like a churl; rude; cross-grained; ungracious; surly; illiberal; niggardly.
2. adjective. Wanting pliancy; unmanageable; unyielding; not easily wrought; as, a churlish soil; the churlish and intractable nature of some minerals.
3. adjective. having a bad disposition; surly- Shakespeare

   "churlish as a bear"

4. adjective. rude and boorish

Common word forms

churlishly, churlishness

Words from these letters

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