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What does churlish mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word churlish? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Of or pertaining to a serf, peasant, or rustic.
  2. Rude, surly, ungracious. [from late 14th c.]
  3. Stingy or grudging.
  4. (of soil) Difficult to till, lacking pliancy; unmanageable
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Once you turn 30, if you chase someone to repay the tenner you lent them, you look mean-spirited and churlish.
But to blame Boyeson for such a horror show from the Clarets would be churlish, because even a goal down an equaliser never looked on the cards.
Of course, it would be churlish not to marvel at the fantastic performance of Tiger Woods.
It would be churlish to refuse, so he downs one, then another, then another.
I think it would be churlish to criticise the efforts that have been made around the globe to help.
Fans of studio politics everywhere understand that while Harvey's a boor, Bob is merely churlish, and boors hardly ever stand down for churls.

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