CHURL

 Dictionary entry overview: What does churl mean? 

• CHURL (noun)
  The noun CHURL has 3 senses:

1. a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
2. a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
3. a bad-tempered person

  Familiarity information: CHURL used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHURL (noun)

Meaning:

A crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

boor; churl; Goth; tike; barbarian; tyke; peasant

Hypernyms ("churl" is a kind of...):

disagreeable person; unpleasant person (a person who is not pleasant or agreeable)

Meaning:

A selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

skinflint; scrooge; niggard; churl

Hypernyms ("churl" is a kind of...):

hoarder (a person who accumulates things and hides them away for future use)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "churl"):

pinchgut (a niggardly person who starves himself (and others))

Meaning:

A bad-tempered person

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

crank; crosspatch; grouch; grump; churl

Hypernyms ("churl" is a kind of...):

disagreeable person; unpleasant person (a person who is not pleasant or agreeable)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "churl"):

crab; crabby person (a quarrelsome grouch)

fire-eater; hothead (a belligerent grouch)

misanthrope; misanthropist (someone who dislikes people in general)