churlishness

churlish | American Dictionary

churlish
adjective
us/ˈtʃɜr·lɪʃ/
rude, unfriendly, and unpleasant:
[ + to infinitive ]They invited me to dinner and I thought it would be churlish to refuse.

churlishly

adverbus/ˈtʃɜr·lɪʃ·li/
I churlishly told him to go bother someone else.

Examples of churlish

churlish
Given the huge importance of this collection it might seem churlish to introduce a note of caution.
In the face of all this documentation and the stimulating ideas drawn from it, it is a bit churlish to criticize.
In being asked to respond to a paper that does not claim closure it would be churlish to criticize its absence.
Given the book's length, it seems not only churlish but derisory to suggest that it might have been longer.
It seems churlish to criticise such a major achievement.
It seems churlish to criticise this book, since it is brimming over with good stuff.
This book is so brimful it seems churlish to point out what, in my view, is missing from it, but here goes.
It would be churlish to pick fault at these levels.
It seems churlish to complain of lacunae or infelicities in a book that contains so much.
In a way, it may seem churlish to criticize the volume's lack of comprehensiveness when so many of the chapters are impressively scholarly.
The depressed state of the agrarian economy, however, made politicians churlish of adding further to the fencing burden of their constituents.
However, since this represents 10 million words, it would be churlish to emphasize this point.
There are some errors and omissions although it would be churlish of me to list them here.
It would, however, be churlish, to dwell on these minor faults.
However, to overstate such criticisms would be churlish.
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