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Synonyms
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Meaning:
acrimonious

(of arguments etc) showing hate, bitterness and disappointment

nasty in behavior, speech

crass

(of ignorance, stupidity etc) very great

coarse, insensitive

cross

angry; easily or quickly showing anger

very angry; in a bad mood

curt

(of a speaker, voice, person's manner etc) quick, impolite and bad-tempered

abrupt, rude

discourteous

impolite (the usual word)

rude, impolite

grim

serious and severe; determined

hopeless, horrible in manner, appearance

gruff

(of a person, voice, behaviour) rough and abrupt

bad-tempered, rude

impolite

not polite

having bad manners

morose

gloomy; bad-tempered

depressed, pessimistic

rude

(of a person, speech, behaviour) not showing respect or good manners; indecent; roughly made; simple

disrespectful, rough

stingy

(of a person) spending, using or giving something unwillingly

penny-pinching, averse to spending money

sullen

silent and angry; dark and gloomy

brooding, upset

surly

bad-tempered and unfriendly

gruff, bearish

uncivilized

not (yet) civilized; (of behaviour) bad, thoughtless

wild, uncultured

waspy

irritable, testy

irritable, testy

CHURLISH as in Wiktionary
CHURLISH as in Wikipedia