churlish

• “Of nature I am churlish, and in conditions different from many,” he wrote; but this side of his character he kept mainly for people of high rank, accustomed to deference, and indifferent or hostile to his aims. —  John Knox and the Reformation
• Never And the small-souled, mole-eyed gossips and critics called him hard, churlish, and cynical—him, for whom the richest thing in Nature's splendid dower had been obliterated, except a soul, which never in its deepest sufferings lost its noble faith in God and man, or allowed its indomitable courage to be one whit weakened. —  The Great German Composers
• It feels a bit churlish, therefore, to complain about “mere” beauty, but if Natural History and other such far-future sf (by Britons or Americans) has a significant flaw, it's that venturing so far from today becomes another means of avoiding the difficulties of projecting credible, equally detailed futures from our immediate circumstances. —  FSF,September2005
• If that's not a straw man of Ray Bolger proportions, I don't know what it is, and Mr. Hitchens is using it as an excuse to basically come off like a churlish boor who insists that his right to be insufferable must win out over all else. by: you @ soon —  Pam's House Blend - Front Page
• Sorry to be churlish, but, whoa, stand back a bit, why doncha? —  Word Magazine - Comments

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