Churl - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|tʃɜːrl|
Brit.
|tʃɜːl|
noun
- a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement (syn: barbarian, boor, goth, peasant, tike, tyke)
- a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend (syn: niggard, scrooge, skinflint)
- a bad-tempered person (syn: crank, grouch)
- a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend (syn: niggard, scrooge, skinflint)
- a bad-tempered person (syn: crank, grouch)
Extra examples
...as far as he was concerned, anyone from outside the city was a backwater churl...
...don't bother asking for donations at that house—the churl who lives there believes that charity begins and ends at home...
To aroint the churl who prophesies.
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