churlish
She shows a decided churlishness in her dealings with the press.
his churlishness in refusing to meet the people who had waited to see him
His churlishness is an embarrassment.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Not being friendly
abrasive
abrasively
abrasiveness
abruptly
abruptness
aloof
estrangement from someone
flintily
forbidding
forbiddingly
freezingly
frigid
gruff
offish
remote
remoteness
reserved
reservedly
saturnine
wintry
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