Petulant vs Churlish - What's the difference?
petulant | churlish |
childishly irritable
(obsolete) forward; pert; insolent; wanton.
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 petulant and churlish
is that petulant is childishly irritable while churlish is of or pertaining to a serf, peasant, or rustic.petulant
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Lack of sleep is causing Dave's recent petulant behavior.
- (Burton)
Synonyms
* huffy * snappish * irritable * grouchy * bad-tempered * ill-tempered * crabbyAntonyms
* easygoingchurlish
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.