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churl

noun

1 churl

A crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement.

synonyms: barbarian, boor, Goth, peasant, tike, tyke.

Roget 876: commonalty, democracy; obscurity; low condition, low life, low society, low company; bourgeoisie; mass of the people, mass of society; Brown Jones and Robinson; lower classes, humbler classes, ... show more

Dutch: primitieveling, barbaar, boer, boerenhufter, boerenkaffer, boerenkarhengst, boerenkinkel, boerenlul, boerenpummel, botterik ... show more
Polish: prostak

2 churl

A selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend.

synonyms: niggard, scrooge, skinflint.

Roget 819: parsimony, parcity; parsimoniousness, stinginess etc. adj.; stint; illiberality, tenacity.    avarice, greed etc. 817.1. ... show more

Dutch: vrek
Polish: centuĊ›, dusigrosz, kutwa, liczykrupa

3 churl

A bad-tempered person.

synonyms: crank, crosspatch, grouch, grump.

Dutch: nurk, druiloor, grompot, zuurpruim, nijdas, brombeer, brompot, iezegrim, kankeraar, knorrepot ... show more
Polish: gburek


Moby thesaurus: Babbitt, Philistine, Silas Marner, arriviste, bondmaid, bondman, bondslave, bondsman, bondswoman, boor, bounder, bourgeois, cad, captive, chattel, chattel slave, clodhopper, clown, concubine, curmudgeon ... show more.

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