Word Meanings - CHURL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

husband; akin to D. karel, kerel, G. kerl, Dan. & Sw. karl, Icel. karl, and to the E. proper name Charles , and perh. 1. A rustic; a countryman or laborer. "A peasant or churl." Spenser. Your rank is all reversed; let men of cloth Bow

Additional info about word: CHURL

husband; akin to D. karel, kerel, G. kerl, Dan. & Sw. karl, Icel. karl, and to the E. proper name Charles , and perh. 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.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of CHURL)

• Caitiff
• Rascal
• miscreant
• rogue
• churl
• villain
• ruffian
• Codger
• Gaffer
• curmudgeon
• Curmudgeon
• Miscreant
• wretch
• rascal
• Miser
• Niggard
• skinflint
• screw
• scrimp
• hunks

Related words: (words related to CHURL)

• RUFFIAN
  brutal; cruel; savagely boisterous; murderous; as, ruffian rage.
• MISERABLENESS
  The state or quality of being miserable.
• MISERABLE
  1. Very unhappy; wretched. What hopes delude thee, miserable man Dryden. 2. Causing unhappiness or misery. What 's more miserable than discontent Shak. 3. Worthless; mean; despicable; as, a miserable fellow; a miserable dinner. Miserable comforters
• NIGGARDISE
  Niggardliness. Spenser.
• RASCALITY
  1. The quality or state of being rascally, or a rascal; mean trickishness or dishonesty; base fraud. 2. The poorer and lower classes of people. The chief heads of their clans with their several rascalities T. Jackson.
• CODGER
  1. A miser or mean person. 2. A singular or odd person; -- a familiar, humorous, or depreciatory appellation. A few of us old codgers met at the fireside. Emerson.
• GAFFER
  1. An old fellow; an aged rustic. Go to each gaffer and each goody. Fawkes. Note: Gaffer was originally a respectful title, now degenerated into a term of familiarity or contempt when addressed to an aged man in humble life. 2. A foreman
• ROGUERY
  1. The life of a vargant. 2. The practices of a rogue; knavish tricks; cheating; fraud; dishonest practices. 'Tis no scandal grown, For debt and roguery to quit the town. Dryden. 3. Arch tricks; mischievousness.
• SCRIMP
  A pinching miser; a niggard.
• SCRIMPINGLY
  In a scrimping manner.
• MISER
  1. A wretched person; a person afflicted by any great misfortune. Spenser. The woeful words of a miser now despairing. Sir P. Sidney. 2. A despicable person; a wretch. Shak. 3. A covetous, grasping, mean person; esp., one having wealth, who lives
• RASCAL
  Of or pertaining to the common herd or common people; low; mean; base. "The rascal many." Spencer. "The rascal people." Shak. While she called me rascal fiddler. Shak.
• NIGGARDLY
  In a niggard manner.
• NIGGARDLINESS
  The quality or state of being niggard; meanness in giving or spending; parsimony; stinginess. Niggardliness is not good husbandry. Addison.
• VILLAINOUS
  1. Base; vile; mean; depraved; as, a villainous person or wretch. 2. Proceeding from, or showing, extreme depravity; suited to a villain; as, a villainous action. 3. Sorry; mean; mischievous; -- in a familiar sense. "A villainous trick of thine
• NIGGARDISH
  Somewhat niggard.
• WRETCHEDLY
  In a wretched manner; miserably; despicable.
• RASCALLY
  Like a rascal; trickish or dishonest; base; worthless; -- often in humorous disparagement, without implication of dishonesty. Our rascally porter is fallen fast asleep. Swift.
• HUNKS
  A covetous, sordid man; a miser; a niggard. Pray make your bargain with all the prudence and selfishness of an old hunks. Gray.
• SCREW-DRIVER
  A tool for turning screws so as to drive them into their place. It has a thin end which enters the nick in the head of the screw.
• COMMISERATION
  The act of commiserating; sorrow for the wants, afflictions, or distresses of another; pity; compassion. And pluck commiseration of his state From brassy bosoms and rough hearts of flint. Shak. Syn. -- See Sympathy.
• OUTVILLAIN
  To exceed in villainy.
• COMMISERATIVE
  Feeling or expressing commiseration. Todd.
• TEMPER SCREW
  1. A screw link, to which is attached the rope of a rope-drilling apparatus, for feeding and slightly turning the drill jar at each stroke. 2. A set screw used for adjusting.
• CORKSCREW
  An instrument with a screw or a steel spiral for drawing corks from bottles. Corkscrew starts, a spiral staircase around a solid newel.
• CHURL
  husband; akin to D. karel, kerel, G. kerl, Dan. & Sw. karl, Icel. karl, and to the E. proper name Charles , and perh. 1. A rustic; a countryman or laborer. "A peasant or churl." Spenser. Your rank is all reversed; let men of cloth Bow
• BROGUES
  Breeches. Shenstone.
• BREECH PIN; BREECH SCREW
  A strong iron or steel plug screwed into the breech of a musket or other firearm, to close the bottom of the bore.