churlish

adjective4

1. •
   Rude, surly, ungracious.

   • [A]nd it is without all controuersie, that learning doth make the minds of men gentle, generous, maniable, and pliant to gouernment; whereas Ignorance makes them churlish, thwart, and mutinous; […] — 1605
2. •
   Stingy or grudging.
3. •
   Of or pertaining to a serf, peasant, or rustic.

   • […] 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. — 1996
4. •
   Difficult to till, lacking pliancy; unmanageable.

   • Where the bleak Swiss their stormy mansion tread, And force a churlish soil for scanty bread. — 1730