churl
noun
1
: ceorl
2
: a medieval peasant
3
: rustic, countryman
4
a
: a rude ill-bred person
b
: a stingy morose person
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as far as he was concerned, anyone from outside the city was a backwater churl
don't bother asking for donations at that house—the churl who lives there believes that charity begins and ends at home
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The churl’s view.
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Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 11 July 2021
But the cartoonish executive in Episode 1 will require a Grinch-like turnaround to become anything but a clownish churl.
—Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Mar. 2022
Only a churl would lament the existence of these testaments to the out-of-nowhere potential of a great pop hit.
—Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2021
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Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 11 July 2021
But the cartoonish executive in Episode 1 will require a Grinch-like turnaround to become anything but a clownish churl.
—Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Mar. 2022
Only a churl would lament the existence of these testaments to the out-of-nowhere potential of a great pop hit.
—Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2021
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“Churl.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/churl. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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churl
noun1
: a peasant of the Middle Ages
2
: a rude or grumpy person
churlish
adjective
ˈchər-lish
churlishly
adverb
churlishness
noun
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