churlish as a bear. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : churlish behavior. From Dictionary.com.
Far be it for me to remain churlish in the face of grace. From Wordnik.com. [A win for Veiled Secrets Reviews — Fusion Despatches] Reference
I love the word "churlish" - we need to use it more often!. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary Campaign Emails Out "Electability" Power-Point To All House Dems] Reference
I wouldn’t call it churlish (in fact, I had to look up the definition). From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Kagan and Diversity Hiring] Reference
The words that spring to mind for this week's coverage are 'churlish', 'bitter', 'unfair' and 'one-sided'. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
25: 3, the word churlish denotes a man that is coarse and ill-natured, or, as the word literally means, "hard.". From Wordnik.com. [Easton's Bible Dictionary] Reference
David Carr of the New York Times says I’m churlish, which is ridiculous, and besides that, who says churlish?. From Wordnik.com. [The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs : Oh, and a couple more I missed] Reference
And yet ... for some reason or other they felt injured by him; and thought and spoke of him with a kind of churlish resentment. From Wordnik.com. [Australia Felix] Reference
Joe Budzinski: You're getting kind of churlish on us here, Lovisa. From Wordnik.com. [novatownhall blog] Reference
Ms Gillard says the coalition is being 'churlish' and playing 'cheap, destructive politics' by opposing the reforms. From Wordnik.com. Reference
With churlish strokes, or beastly ods of strength. From Wordnik.com. [Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois] Reference
'Gainst windes and stormes, and many a churlish Gust. From Wordnik.com. [Highways & Byways in Sussex] Reference
Even so, I can't get over how churlish the left has become. From Wordnik.com. [Smugness Is Our Greatest Enemy] Reference
But she also came across at times as aggressive and churlish. From Wordnik.com. [Wife of the Preacher Man] Reference
Nabal was a churlish miser and little to be trusted, and it seems. From Wordnik.com. [Fair to Look Upon] Reference
It would be churlish to say Ericsson is trying to turn Swedes into Finns. From Wordnik.com. [Battle Of The Nordic Giants] Reference
No, no; change churlish dreams and braving trumpets to mellifluous flutes. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 1] Reference
At the risk of being a churlish former speechwriter, that's just rhetoric. From Wordnik.com. [Oral Exam, Part II] Reference
Management meetings ': Lawmakers who come around are sometimes churlish about it. From Wordnik.com. [President Cliffhanger] Reference
The churlish tones were so unlike Tim that Sara looked up at him in some amazement. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
In this character Mr. Cooper would extort commendation from the most churlish critic. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 5, May 1810] Reference
Yet questioning any decision made for security reasons seems churlish and unpatriotic. From Wordnik.com. [Capitol Letter: Ashcroft Is Watching Us But Who's Watching Ashcroft] Reference
The hand-wringing seems a tad churlish given how over-the-top these liquid ladies are. From Wordnik.com. [Absolut-Ly Fabulous] Reference
When Dole took the lead in excluding Perot from the debates, the response was churlish. From Wordnik.com. [Sputtering And Sulking On The Sidelines] Reference
'Fair young warrior, I knew ye not,' said the king, 'and I repent me my churlish speech. From Wordnik.com. [King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls] Reference
A churlish angler is an unnatural phenomenon, and, thank Providence! they seldom turn up. From Wordnik.com. [Scotch Loch-Fishing] Reference
Even Phil Gramm's usual churlish mopery played better than Ted Kennedy's incomprehensible effusions. From Wordnik.com. [A Bloviational Fiesta] Reference
Instead the churlish unilateralism of recent times will, I think, play into the hands of our enemies. From Wordnik.com. [A Date With History] Reference
Not until press coverage of his absence threatened to make him look churlish did he agree to fly back. From Wordnik.com. [Love In The Ruins] Reference
However, it would seem churlish to support it at the expense of one of the best versions of the story ever. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call] Reference
It would be a very churlish man who castigated the Somerset captain or his players for missing their chance. From Wordnik.com. [Cork revels in Hampshire blend of dad's army and youth after t20 win] Reference
In any case, the ending of the novel is so suddenly and unexpectedly touching that it'd be churlish to gripe. From Wordnik.com. [Getting Back To Nature] Reference
But it at some point it came to seem churlish to denigrate what I didn't know, and so I went to see the film. From Wordnik.com. [Love At First Bite] Reference
As for Applebaum and Friedman, is it churlish to point out that they were both cheerleaders for the invasion of Iraq?. From Wordnik.com. [Richard (RJ) Eskow: Austerity Chic: It's This Year's "Weapons of Mass Destruction"] Reference
The left of the party has been churlish about Obama's record, bemoaning the necessary compromises of power as betrayal. From Wordnik.com. [Barack Obama is down, but it's far too early to count him out] Reference
The Saxon swept Britain, but the music of the Celtic heart softened his rough nature, and wooed him into less churlish habits. From Wordnik.com. [The Faith of Islam] Reference
The king and all his court reproved Kay for his churlish manner, and for his having driven so splendid a youth from the court. From Wordnik.com. [King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls] Reference
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