churlishness
Surly, ungracious manner
Churlishness is rude, surly, or ungracious behavior—the quality of being difficult and unpleasant in manner.
A churlish person responds to kindness with coldness or hostility: His churlishness at the dinner party embarrassed everyone.
The word carries overtones of boorishness and a stubborn refusal to be agreeable.
Rude or impolite behavior
- incivilityRude or impolite behavior
- impolitenessLack of good manners
- disrespectLack of regard
- brusquenessAbrupt, rude directness
curtness · ungraciousness · insolence · impertinence · abruptness · bluntness · ungentlemanliness · bad manners
Bad-tempered disposition
- morosenessIll-tempered gloominess
- sullennessSilently resentful ill humor
- peevishnessIrritable, querulous disposition
- cantankerousnessIll-tempered, quarrelsome nature
crankiness · grouchiness · testiness · irritability · petulance · dourness · glumness · sourness
Tactless, unrefined behavior
- coarsenessRough or vulgar quality
- uncouthnessLack of polish
- vulgarityOffensive coarseness in manner
- loutishnessCrude, ill-mannered behavior
cloddishness · oafishness · roughness · crudeness · brutishness · gaucheness · indelicacy · gracelessness
Excessive reluctance to spend
- niggardlinessExcessive reluctance to give
- miserlinessExcessive reluctance to spend
- tightfistednessExtreme reluctance to spend
- parsimonyExcessive frugality with resources
ungenerosity · selfishness · small-mindedness · pettiness · grudgingness · begrudging · penny-pinching
discourtesy
Rude or impolite behavior
- incivilityRude or impolite behavior
- impolitenessLack of good manners
- disrespectLack of regard
brusqueness · curtness · ungraciousness · insolence · impertinence · abruptness · bluntness · ungentlemanliness · bad manners · offensiveness
grumpiness
Bad-tempered disposition
- morosenessIll-tempered gloominess
- sullennessSilently resentful ill humor
- peevishnessIrritable, querulous disposition
cantankerousness · crankiness · grouchiness · testiness · irritability · petulance · dourness · glumness · sourness · ill-temper
crassness
Tactless, unrefined behavior
- coarsenessRough or vulgar quality
- uncouthnessLack of polish
- vulgarityOffensive coarseness in manner
loutishness · cloddishness · oafishness · roughness · crudeness · brutishness · gaucheness · indelicacy · gracelessness · inelegance
stinginess
Excessive reluctance to spend
- niggardlinessExcessive reluctance to give
- miserlinessExcessive reluctance to spend
- tightfistednessExtreme reluctance to spend
parsimony · ungenerosity · selfishness · small-mindedness · pettiness · grudgingness · begrudging · penny-pinching
- bad attitudesnegativity, cynicism, pessimism, hostility, contempt
- grumpinessgrumpiness, crankiness, moodiness, sullenness, grouchiness
- unfriendlinessunfriendliness, coldness, hostility, rudeness, aloofness
- gracelessnessclumsiness, awkwardness, boorishness, rudeness, vulgarity
- displeasuredispleasure, dissatisfaction, discontent, annoyance, irritation
- combativenessaggression, antagonism, belligerence, bellicosity, combativeness
churlishnesscourtesy
Respectful, considerate behavior
graciousness · politeness · civility · courteousness · good manners
churlishnessgenerosity
Readiness to give freely
magnanimity · liberality · open-handedness · munificence · bountifulness
churlishnessgeniality
Warmth of manner
amiability · friendliness · warmth · good nature · affability