churl

/churl/US // tʃɜrl //UK // (tʃɜːl) //

鬈毛,鬈毛虫,鬈毛狗,鬈毛猪

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a rude, boorish, or surly person.
- : a peasant; rustic.
- : a stingy person; miser; skinflint: He was a churl in his affections.
- : English History. a freeman of the lowest rank.

nounrude and ill-bred, a boor; person overly concerned with saving money

Synonyms

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.

/churl/US // tʃɜrl //UK // (tʃɜːl) //

鬈毛,鬈毛虫,鬈毛狗,鬈毛猪

n.名词 noun

1
- : a rude, boorish, or surly person.
- : a peasant; rustic.
- : a stingy person; miser; skinflint: He was a churl in his affections.
- : English History. a freeman of the lowest rank.

nounrude and ill-bred, a boor; person overly concerned with saving money

Synonyms

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.