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# churlish

«churlish» in Mova's school dictionary: **Rude, grumpy and unkind in the way one behaves or speaks** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (churlisher, churlishest)

### meaning for a pupil

Rude, grumpy and unkind in the way one behaves or speaks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/churlish/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories, a churlish farmer refuses to help his country or his neighbours

### examples

- It was churlish of him not to say thank you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/churlish/#x1)
- Only a churlish farmer would refuse to help. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/churlish/#x2)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «churlish» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/churlish/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.