Adjective : churlish behavior. From Dictionary.com.
It is the audacity with which they conduct themselves, their churlishness, which is so intolerable. From Wordnik.com. [Why Is The Taliban Being Imposed On Tribal Areas?] Reference
It is childishness, Zoo, but I think a better descriptor would be "churlishness". bit is a little cantankerous today. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress] Reference
You have to ask yourself what kind of churlishness would say that is a bad thing. ". From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Or is that entitled churlishness?. From Wordnik.com. [Redskins Insider Podcast -- The Washington Post] Reference
Others cussed at the churlishness of the Pakistanis. From Wordnik.com. [Sunil Sharan: Enemy in Need can be Friend Indeed] Reference
His churlishness, and his contempt for those who spend money freely. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Literature] Reference
I was embarrassed at his churlishness but Olikea seemed to expect it. From Wordnik.com. [Renegade's Magic]
This wariness and reserve does not, as a rule, amount to churlishness. From Wordnik.com. [The Land We Live In The Story of Our Country] Reference
Needless to say, such churlishness could not be allowed to pass unchecked. From Wordnik.com. [And this amazing hat also prevents stuttering brainlock!] Reference
Abjection to children often correlates directly with churlishness to mates. From Wordnik.com. [Fidelity With a Wandering Eye] Reference
Barack confuses confidence and surety with intimidation and churlishness. From Wordnik.com. [For those of you bothering to watch POTUS tonight. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState] Reference
To gripe at this point requires a degree of churlishness exceeding even my own. From Wordnik.com. [dustbury.com » Not with a bang, but a buzzer] Reference
I already miss the Commander's bossy churlishness and Petunia's good nature wa-wa-wa'ing. From Wordnik.com. [Really Bad Parenting] Reference
Her voice was lightly accented and surprisingly without reproach for Torin's churlishness. From Wordnik.com. [The Dragons of Krynn]
In my book that spells sheer churlishness plus a potential lack of commitment to the deal achieved. From Wordnik.com. [Anschluss] Reference
But then some memory would rise, unbidden, and there would be stony silences or spells of churlishness. From Wordnik.com. [A Thousand Splendid Suns]
Virgil looked uncomfortable and was remarkably steadfast in his churlishness with respect to Rep. Ellison. From Wordnik.com. [Waldo Jaquith - A guide to Goode’s anti-Muslim letter, for reporters.] Reference
At nearly forty he was just learning the drab sulkiness and churlishness and black jealousy of the lover. From Wordnik.com. [Our Mr. Wrenn] Reference
Furthermore, no is suggesting that this display of obtuse churlishness should be in anyway legally restricted. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Pro-Slavery] Reference
May be I have carried things too far, even to the bounds of churlishness, and beyond the bounds of good manners. From Wordnik.com. [Lorna Doone] Reference
The dead eyes seemed to stare malevolently, with an evilness that transcended the dead man's churlishness in life. From Wordnik.com. [The Moon of Skulls]
"And yet it was a handsome cavalcade," continued the proprietor, his predilection for pomp overcoming his churlishness. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
While some reporters viewed this as churlishness, others realized that when Clifford did speak, you'd be wise to listen. From Wordnik.com. [Len Levitt: The Daily News and the NYPD: Blinded by Love] Reference
Yet, sensing in its very churlishness the sting of some old hurt, she answered him quietly, though with heightened colour. From Wordnik.com. [The Vision of Desire] Reference
Like a snake, you have ungratefully turned upon one who was a second father to you; your churlishness has made you like a bull. From Wordnik.com. [The Blue Fairy Book] Reference
Not to be balked by his churlishness, they passed a hat and collected. From Wordnik.com. [Greener Than You Think] Reference
Now I felt a little vexed at his churlishness, for Madonna Vittoria was. From Wordnik.com. [The God of Love] Reference
Someone representing his country should not have shown such churlishness. From Wordnik.com. [Cricinfo news from Cricinfo] Reference
Courtney was ashamed of his churlishness toward this good-natured little man. From Wordnik.com. [Quill's Window] Reference
One natural symptom of it was his renewed churlishness as to all local matters. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Elsmere] Reference
The politeness of this strange lady affects me more than the churlishness of the host. From Wordnik.com. [Minna Von Barnhelm] Reference
I had heard so often of Mr. Moore's churlishness as a host that I had expected some rebuff. From Wordnik.com. [The Filigree Ball Being a full and true account of the solution of the mystery concerning the Jeffrey-Moore affair] Reference
No churlishness could resist Evans's unutterable jollity or the contagion of his hearty laugh. From Wordnik.com. [A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains] Reference
What churlishness, if you should grudge to others a health which does not interfere with your own!. From Wordnik.com. [Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1] Reference
But I must do so to obviate any accusation of churlishness brought about by middle-class victimhood. From Wordnik.com. [Daily News & Analysis] Reference
"Messire Gawain, you say true, but of right might one let the courtesy tarry and pay back churlishness by churlishness.". From Wordnik.com. [The High History of the Holy Graal] Reference
Hold it not churlishness and I alight not, for there where knights be may I not alight, nor ought I until such time as the. From Wordnik.com. [The High History of the Holy Graal] Reference
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