| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| SURLY | Churlish | |
| SURLIEST | Most churlish | |
| CURMUDGEON | Churlish fellow | |
| CHUFF | Stupid; churlish. | |
| CHURL | Churlish; rough; selfish. | |
| CHURLY | Rude; churlish; violent. | |
| BLUFF | Surly; churlish; gruff; rough. | |
| CHURLISHLY | In a churlish manner. | |
| SHAPE | Outline of some churlish apes | |
| CURMUDGEONLY | Like a curmudgeon; niggardly; churlish; as, a curmudgeonly fellow. | |
| DOGGISH | Like a dog; having the bad qualities of a dog; churlish; growling; brutal. | |
| CURRISH | Having the qualities, or exhibiting the characteristics, of a cur; snarling; quarrelsome; snappish; churlish; hence, also malicious; malignant; brutal. | |
| CHURLISH | Wanting pliancy; unmanageable; unyielding; not easily wrought; as, a churlish soil; the churlish and intractable nature of some minerals. | |