Blithe vs Churlish - What's the difference?
blithe | churlish |
(dated or literary) Happy, cheerful.
Indifferent, careless, showing a lack of concern.
of or pertaining to a serf, peasant, or rustic
* 1996 , Jeet Heer, Gravitas , Autumn 1996
rude, surly, ungracious
stingy or grudging
(of soil) difficult to till, lacking pliancy; unmanageable
*1730–1774 , Oliver Goldsmith, Introductory to Switzerland
*:Where the bleak Swiss their stormy mansion tread,t
*:And force a churlish soil for scanty bread.
As adjectives the difference between blithe and churlish
is that blithe is (dated or literary) happy, cheerful while churlish is of or pertaining to a serf, peasant, or rustic.blithe
English
Adjective
(er)- She had a blithe disregard of cultures outside the United States.
Derived terms
* * * * * * * *churlish
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- [...] the eloquence and truth of his tribute stands in marked contrast to Kramer's churlish caricature of Kael as a happy pig wallowing in the dirt.