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View synonyms for churl
churl
/ tʃɜːl /
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of churl1
Old English ceorl; related to Old Norse karl, Middle Low German kerle, Greek gerōn old man
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Example Sentences
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.
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To give awkwardly denotes the churl; the most difficult and unpleasant part is to give; then, why not add a smile?
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There tarried Olaf long and it fared well with him, and always was he mightily beloved by the churl.
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A man may value what is his own without being a miser or a churl.
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I am no sour churl to take offence at the idle words of a foolish boy.
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