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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

rude, mean-spirited, surly, and not polite;

e.g. Some mornings I wake up churlish, my mood is not kind or pleasant.

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Similar Words

Boorish

Caddish

Classless

Clownish

Lippy

Loutish

Polyester

Sorehead

Uncouth

Ungenteel

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Opposite Words

Accomplished

Affable

Agreeable

Amiable

Civil

Civilized

Classy

Comme il faut

Conversable

Cordial

Courteous

Courtly

Couth

Cultivated

Cultured

Debonair

Diplomatic

Good-natured

Good-tempered

Gracious

High-toned

Hospitable

Hypercivilized

Ladylike

Mannerly

Mellow

Metro

Metropolitan

Overcivilized

Oversophisticated

Pleasant

Polished

Politic

Refined

Smooth

Sociable

Sophisticated

Suave

Svelte

Sweet

Tactful

Tempered

Urbane

Well-bred

Well-disposed

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Related Words

Angry

Annoyed

Apoplectic

Awkward

Ballistic

Beastly

Bestial

Bothered

Choleric

Common

Commoner

Crass

Discourteous

Exasperated

Furious

Hopping

Horn-mad

Hot

Ill-bred

Ill-mannered

Illiberal

Impertinent

Impolite

Inconsiderate

Indignant

Infuriate

Insensible

Irate

Irritated

Livid

Low

Lowbrow

Mad

Mannered

Rabid

Raffish

Riley

Rough

Rough-hewn

Roughneck

Rude

Rugged

Shirty

Sore

Stupid

Thoughtless

Uncalled-for

Uncivil

Uncouth

Uncultivated

Uncultured

Ungainly

Ungracious

Unhandsome

Unmannered

Unmannerly

Unpolished

Unrefined

Unsophisticated

Wrathful

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