churlish

/ˈtʃɜːlɪʃ/adjective

Connected with or typical of a lowly peasant or country labourer.

Example sentence

“The lord dismissed their churlish manners as what one expects of farm folk.”

The modern meaning is rude and ungracious, and the set phrase 'it would be churlish to refuse' is where you will usually meet it.

Related words

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