Word Meanings - CHURLY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Rude; churlish; violent. Longfellow.

Related words: (words related to CHURLY)

• VIOLENT
  probably akin to Gr. 1. Moving or acting with physical strength; urged or impelled with force; excited by strong feeling or passion; forcible; vehement; impetuous; fierce; furious; severe; as, a violent blow; the violent attack of a disease. Float
• CHURLISHLY
  In a churlish manner.
• CHURLISHNESS
  Rudeness of manners or temper; lack of kindness or courtesy.
• VIOLENTLY
  In a violent manner.
• CHURLISH
  1. Like a churl; rude; cross-grained; ungracious; surly; illiberal; niggardly. "Churlish benefits." Ld. Burleigh. Half mankind maintain a churlish strife. Cowper. 2. Wanting pliancy; unmanageable; unyielding; not easily wrought; as, a churlish