churlishness

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churl·ish

(chûr′lĭsh)

adj.

1. Having a bad disposition; surly: "as valiant as the lion, churlish as the bear" (Shakespeare).

2. Archaic Of, like, or befitting a churl; boorish or vulgar.

3. Archaic Difficult to work with; intractable. Used as of soil.

churl′ish·ly adv.

churl′ish·ness n.

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Translations

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churlishness

[ˈtʃɜːlɪʃnɪs] N (= rudeness) → grosería f, mala educación f; (= unfriendliness) → conducta f poco amistosa; (= meanness) → mezquindad f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

churlishness

n → ungehobeltes Benehmen

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

churlishness

[ˈtʃɜːlɪʃnɪs] n → rozzezza, sgarbataggine f

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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