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