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

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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

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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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