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Synonyms & Antonyms of churl
- as far as he was concerned, anyone from outside the city was a backwater churl
Synonyms for churl
- bumpkin,
- chawbacon,
- clodhopper,
- cornball,
- countryman,
- hayseed,
- hick,
- provincial,
- rube,
- rustic,
- yokel
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- don't bother asking for donations at that house—the churl who lives there believes that charity begins and ends at home
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- a churl who gets thrown out of parties with remarkable regularity
Synonyms for churl
- bastard,
- beast,
- bleeder
- [British],
- blighter
- [chiefly British],
- boor,
- bounder,
- bugger,
- buzzard,
- cad,
- chuff,
- clown,
- creep,
- cretin,
- crud
- [slang],
- crumb
- [slang],
- cur,
- dirtbag
- [slang],
- dog,
- fink,
- heel,
- hound,
- jerk,
- joker,
- louse,
- lout,
- pill,
- rat,
- rat fink,
- reptile,
- rotter,
- schmuck
- [slang],
- scum,
- scumbag
- [slang],
- scuzzball
- [slang],
- skunk,
- sleaze,
- sleazebag
- [slang],
- sleazeball
- [slang],
- slime,
- slimeball
- [slang],
- slob,
- snake,
- so-and-so,
- sod
- [chiefly British],
- stinkard,
- stinker,
- swine,
- toad,
- varmint,
- vermin
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“Churl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/churl. Accessed 30 Sep. 2020.
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