As a professor, it would be the height of churlishness to complain about such industrious habits.

As soon as we are persuaded that we are lucky to be alive, the thought of complaining about quality of life becomes churlish , ungrateful.

Back at Balbirnie, it seemed churlish to forego afternoon tea.

Being pampered, of course, is one of the main reasons why people book into luxury hotels, and it would be churlish to resent it.

But it seems rather churlish to criticise a president for lacking vision and then to ridicule him when he tries to be visionary.