churl

/tʃə:l/
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churl

A churl scowled and refused to share his bread with a traveler.

Definition

Noun: 1. A bad-tempered person: A person who is habitually irritable, rude, or surly. 2. A selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend: A stingy, miserly, or mean-spirited person. 3. A crude, uncouth, ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement: A person who is ill-mannered, boorish, or vulgar.

Examples
  • (He was a bad-tempered person.)
  • (The stingy person was unwilling to give.)
  • (His behavior showed he was a crude, ill-bred person.)
Advanced Usage
  • Historical/Literary Usage: In historical and literary contexts, "churl" originally referred to a medieval English peasant of the lowest rank, a person of low birth. This archaic sense informs the modern meanings of being uncultured or ill-bred.
    • In the feudal system, a churl was bound to work on his lord's land.
Variants and Related Words
  • Churlish (adjective): Having the qualities of a churl; rude, surly, or mean.
    • It was churlish of him to refuse such a simple request.
  • Churlishness (noun): The state or quality of being churlish.
Synonyms
  • For a bad-tempered person: curmudgeon, grouch, misanthrope.
  • For a selfish/stingy person: miser, skinflint, scrooge.
  • For a crude/ill-bred person: boor, lout, oaf, philistine.
Idioms
  • To play the churl: To behave in a churlish manner.
    • Despite their hospitality, he chose to play the churl and found fault with everything.
churl

A churl scowled and refused to share his bread with a traveler.

Noun
  1. a bad-tempered person
  2. a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
  3. a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement

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