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# churlish

adjective (churlisher, churlishest)

«churlish» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Rude, grumpy and unkind in the way one behaves or speaks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/churlish/#m1)

### In the lessons

in stories, a churlish farmer refuses to help his country or his neighbours

### Examples

- It was churlish of him not to say thank you. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/churlish/#x1)
- Only a churlish farmer would refuse to help. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/churlish/#x2)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

Rude, harsh or mean, as Nabal was in his dealing with David.

**Interpretation.** Nabal's churlishness in refusing David's men is told in Samuel. Tradition reads the story as a lesson in hospitality and in the danger of a hard heart.

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «churlish» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/churlish/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«churlish» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/churlish.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «churlish» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/churlish/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«churlish» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/churlish.html) on Mova free.