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CHURL
grouch, grump, crank, churl, crosspatch
(noun) a bad-tempered person
niggard, skinflint, scrooge, churl
(noun) a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
peasant, barbarian, boor, churl, Goth, tyke, tike
(noun) a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
churl (plural churls)
A rustic; a countryman or labourer; a free peasant (as opposed to a serf).
A rough, surly, ill-bred person; a boor.
A selfish miser; an illiberal person; a niggard.
(Theodism) A freedman, ranked below a thane but above a thrall.
Anagrams
• lurch
Source: Wiktionary
Churl, n. Etym: [AS. ceorl a freeman of the lowest rank, man, husband; akin to D. karel, kerel, G. kerl, Dan. & Sw. karl, Icel. karl, and to the E. proper name Charles (orig., man, male), and perh. to Skr. jara lover. Cf. Carl, Charles's Wain.]
1. A rustic; a countryman or laborer. "A peasant or churl." Spenser. Your rank is all reversed; let men of cloth Bow to the stalwart churls in overalls. Emerson.
2. A rough, surly, ill-bred man; a boor. A churl's courtesy rarely comes, but either for gain or falsehood. Sir P. Sidney.
3. A selfish miser; an illiberal person; a niggard. Like to some rich churl hoarding up his pelf. Drayton.
Churl, a.
Definition: Churlish; rough; selfish. [Obs.] Ford.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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