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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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It would be churlish to refuse, so he downs one, then another, then another.
The churlish response of the anti-noise brigade is sadly only what we have come to expect of them.
If you chase someone to repay the tenner you lent them, you look mean-spirited and churlish.
Of course, it would be churlish not to marvel at the fantastic performance of Tiger Woods.
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.
But to blame Boyeson for such a horror show from the Clarets would be churlish, because even a goal down an equaliser never looked on the cards.

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