ADJECTIVE (2)

1. rude and boorish;

2. having a bad disposition; surly;
- Example: "churlish as a bear"- Shakespeare

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Churlish \Churl"ish\, a.
   1. Like a churl; rude; cross-grained; ungracious; surly;
      illiberal; niggardly. "Churlish benefits." --Ld. Burleigh.
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            Half mankind maintain a churlish strife. --Cowper.
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   2. Wanting pliancy; unmanageable; unyielding; not easily
      wrought; as, a churlish soil; the churlish and intractable
      nature of some minerals. --Boyle.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

churlish
    adj 1: rude and boorish
    2: having a bad disposition; surly; "churlish as a bear"-
       Shakespeare