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What does churlish mean?

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Adjective
  1. Of or pertaining to a serf, peasant, or rustic.
  2. Rude, surly, ungracious. [from late 14th c.]
  3. Stingy or grudging.
  4. (of soil) Difficult to till, lacking pliancy; unmanageable
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The only prize a churlish young whelp like you should get is a good hiding!
All that atmosphere means not to linger over the excellent coffee would be churlish.
Eliot's willingness to put aside his Sphinx-like mask may have led him to say too much, but it seems churlish to hold that against him.
Fans of studio politics everywhere understand that while Harvey's a boor, Bob is merely churlish, and boors hardly ever stand down for churls.
I think it would be churlish to criticise the efforts that have been made around the globe to help.
The churlish response of the anti-noise brigade is sadly only what we have come to expect of them.

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