Churlish
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

4 letters

DOUR
Stubbornly unyielding; "dogged persistence"; "dour determination"; "the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics"; "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot; "men tenacious of opinion"

CURT
Brief and to the point; effectively cut short; "a crisp retort"; "a response so curt as to be almost rude"; "the laconic reply; `yes'"; "short and terse and easy to understand"

GRIM
Shockingly repellent; inspiring horror; "ghastly wounds"; "the grim aftermath of the bombing"; "the grim task of burying the victims"; "a grisly murder"; "gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"; "macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages"; "macabre tortures conceived by madmen"

UGLY
Morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them"; "a slimy little liar"

NUMB
Make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses"

WILD
A wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition; "it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers"

MEAN
Characterized by malice; "a hateful thing to do"; "in a mean mood"

BASE
Having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality; "that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble"- Edmund Burke; "taking a mean advantage"; "chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort"- Shakespeare; "something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics"

SOUR
Having a sharp biting taste

RUDE
Belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness; "the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man"; "primitive movies of the 1890s"; "primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mountains"

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GRUFF
Deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion; "gruff voices"; "the dog's gruff barking"; "hoarse cries"; "makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky"- Virgil Thomson

CRUDE
A dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons

BLUNT
Used of a knife or other blade; not sharp; "a blunt instrument"

CROSS
(genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids

HARSH
Sharply disagreeable; rigorous; "the harsh facts of court delays"; "an abrasive character"

ROUGH
Of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped

CRASS
(of persons) so unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility

ANGRY
Feeling or showing anger; "angry at the weather"; "angry customers"; "an angry silence"; "sending angry letters to the papers"

SURLY
Inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace; "a surly waiter"; "an ugly frame of mind"

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COARSE
Lacking refinement or cultivation or taste; "he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "an untutored and uncouth human being"; "an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy"; "appealing to the vulgar taste for violence"; "the vulgar display of the newly rich"

MOROSE
Showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen crowd"

SULLEN
Darkened by clouds; "a heavy sky"

GRUMPY
Annoyed and irritable

CUSSED
Stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

BITCHY
Marked by or arising from malice; "a catty remark"

ORNERY
Having a difficult and contrary disposition; "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers

TETCHY
Easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"

OAFISH
Ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance; "was boorish and insensitive"; "the loutish manners of a bully"; "her stupid oafish husband"; "aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude"

RUGGED
Having long narrow shallow depressions (as grooves or wrinkles) in the surface; "furrowed fields"; "his furrowed face lit by a warming smile"

CRABBY
Annoyed and irritable

SNIPPY

VULGAR
Of or associated with the great masses of people; "the common people in those days suffered greatly"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "his square plebeian nose"; "a vulgar and objectionable person"; "the unwashed masses"

GREEDY
Wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume; "don't be greedy with the cookies"

CREEPY
Causing a sensation as of things crawling on your skin; "a creepy story"; "I had a creepy-crawly feeling"

RUSTIC
An unsophisticated country person

STINGY
Unwilling to spend; "she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds"

CRUSTY
Brusque and surly and forbidding; "crusty remarks"; "a crusty old man"; "his curmudgeonly temper"; "gruff manner"; "a gruff reply"

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UNCIVIL
Lacking civility or good manners; "want nothing from you but to get away from your uncivil tongue"- Willa Cather

MISERLY
(used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity; "a mean person"; "he left a miserly tip"

BOORISH
Ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance; "was boorish and insensitive"; "the loutish manners of a bully"; "her stupid oafish husband"; "aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude"

LOUTISH
Ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance; "was boorish and insensitive"; "the loutish manners of a bully"; "her stupid oafish husband"; "aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude"

CHUFFED
Very pleased; "I'm chuffed to have won"

LOWBRED
(of persons) lacking in refinement or grace

APELIKE
Resembling apes

CRABBED
Annoyed and irritable

GROUCHY
Annoyed and irritable

HOSTILE
Not belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally; "hostile naval and air forces"

PEEVISH
Easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"

UNCOUTH
Lacking refinement or cultivation or taste; "he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "an untutored and uncouth human being"; "an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy"; "appealing to the vulgar taste for violence"; "the vulgar display of the newly rich"

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YOKELISH
(of persons) lacking in refinement or grace

IMPOLITE
Not polite

CLODDISH
Heavy and dull and stupid

HOPELESS
Certain to fail; "the situation is hopeless"

BROODING
Persistent morbid meditation on a problem

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NASTINESS
Malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty

UNFEELING
Devoid of feeling or sensation; "unfeeling trees"

INBADMOOD

INBADMOOD

10 letters

UNSOCIABLE
Not inclined to society or companionship; "an unsociable nature...shy and reserved"; "generally unsociable except with intimate friends"; "unsociable behavior"; "an unsociable neighborhood"

UNCULTURED
(of persons) lacking art or knowledge

UNMANNERLY
Socially incorrect in behavior; "resentment flared at such an unmannered intrusion"

MISBEHAVED

UNPOLISHED
Lacking social polish; "too gauche to leave the room when the conversation became intimate"; "their excellent manners always made me feel gauche"

ILLNATURED

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ILLMANNERED

BADTEMPERED

ACRIMONIOUS
Marked by strong resentment or cynicism; "an acrimonious dispute"; "bitter about the divorce"

UNCIVILIZED
Without civilizing influences; "barbarian invaders"; "barbaric practices"; "a savage people"; "fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient"-Margaret Meade; "wild tribes"

PESSIMISTIC
Expecting the worst possible outcome

BADMANNERED

INSENSITIVE
Not responsive to physical stimuli; "insensitive to radiation"

QUARRELSOME
Given to quarreling; "arguing children"; "quarrelsome when drinking"

ILLTEMPERED

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DISAGREEABLE
Not agreeing with your tastes or expectations; "found the task disagreeable and decided to abandon it"; "a job temperamentally unsympathetic to him"

CANTANKEROUS
Having a difficult and contrary disposition; "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers

UNNEIGHBORLY
Not exhibiting the qualities expected in a friendly neighbor

DISCOURTEOUS
Showing no courtesy; rude; "a distant and at times discourteous young"

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DISRESPECTFUL
Exhibiting lack of respect; rude and discourteous; "remarks disrespectful of the law"; "disrespectful in the presence of his parents"; "disrespectful toward his teacher"

PENNYPINCHING