Synonyms for churlish
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Ungracious — rude, surly, ungracious
ungracious, rude, impolite, surly, peevish, boorish, uncouth, sullen, rough, harsh, perverse, uncivil, gruff, clownish, cross, ill-natured, uncivilized, uncivilised UK, sour, unpolished, crusty, unrefined, bluff
Definitions
- adj. 1
Rude, surly, ungracious.
- adj. 2
Stingy or grudging.
Related words
- Word family
- churl churlishly churlishness
Example sentences
- surly The food was horrible, and the waiter, surly.
- impolite Tom told me that he thought Mary had been impolite.
- peevish Tom woke up feeling rather peevish.
- stingy Shylock is greedy, and what is worse, very stingy.
- miserly The principal was always miserly with words.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| churlish | rising | |
| surly | rising | |
| impolite | rising | |
| peevish | rising | |
| ungracious | steady | |
| stingy | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- mean1, rude1, sour2
- 5 letters
- cross1, rough1, harsh1, bluff1, surly2, gruff1
- 6 letters
- rustic2, crusty2, stingy2, sullen2
- 7 letters
- uncouth2, boorish2, uncivil3, miserly3, peevish2, carlish
- 8 letters
- perverse2, impolite3, grudging2, clownish
- 9 letters
- unrefined3, illiberal, niggardly3, penurious4, rantipole
- 10 letters
- unpolished, avaricious, ungracious
- 11 letters
- uncivilized4, uncivilised
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sour2 = 2 syllables).