churlish
Example Sentences
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Possibly churlish not to get the full 10, but he played a pretty ropey shot in the first innings.
From BBC
Then, when journalists and other early testers got into lengthy conversations with Microsoft’s A.I. bot, it slid into churlish and unnervingly creepy behavior.
From New York Times
A very large, militant chunk of the GOP electorate is anti-mask, anti-vaccine and obsessed with a version of liberty that is not much more than childish, churlish selfishness.
From Seattle Times
They insist that the coup is ancient history and that it's churlish to keep rehashing who did and did not join in efforts to overturn democracy.
From Salon
The churlish shopkeeper at the old-time general store would glare at her and any Black people who wanted to exercise their right to spend money there.
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
