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churl
noun as in a rude and ill-bred person
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Many years ago I was very much wounded (but I said nothing) to hear myself spoken of as a churl, an impossible and crabbed man.
To give awkwardly denotes the churl; the most difficult and unpleasant part is to give; then, why not add a smile?
There tarried Olaf long and it fared well with him, and always was he mightily beloved by the churl.
A man may value what is his own without being a miser or a churl.
I am no sour churl to take offence at the idle words of a foolish boy.
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On this page you'll find 20 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to churl, such as: beast, clodhopper, oaf, provincial, rustic, and chuff.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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