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curmudgeon

[ ker-muhj-uhn ]

/ kərˈmʌdʒ ən /

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noun

a bad-tempered, difficult, cantankerous person.

Origin of curmudgeon

1570–80; unexplained; perhaps cur- representing cur

SYNONYMS FOR curmudgeon

grouch, crank, bear, sourpuss, crosspatch.

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OTHER WORDS FROM curmudgeon

cur·mudg·eon·ly, adjective

Words nearby curmudgeon

curly palm, curly top, curly-coated retriever, curlycue, curlyhead, curmudgeon, curn, curnow, curr, currach, currajong

Example sentences from the Web for curmudgeonly

James Caan should be able to play a curmudgeonly drunk grandpa in his sleep and still get laughs.

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Sarah and Mark are happily engaged, and Sarah stumbles onto a job working for a curmudgeonly photographer (Ray Romano).

‘Homeland,’ ‘Revenge,’ ‘The Good Wife,’ ‘Sons of Anarchy’ and More: Where We Left Off |Jace Lacob, Maria Elena Fernandez |September 10, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Curmudgeonly comedian Gilbert Gottfried has a voice and laugh as damaging as fingernails on a blackboard.

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James Watson, of the Nobel Prize-winning team that discovered the structure of DNA, played up his curmudgeonly persona to the max.

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Or to put the question more directly: When will the curmudgeonly American music labels let it happen?

The iTunes Killer Heads to the U.S. |Nicholas Ciarelli |March 17, 2010 |DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for curmudgeonly

curmudgeon

/ (kɜːˈmʌdʒən) /

noun

a surly or miserly person

Derived forms of curmudgeon

curmudgeonly, adjective

Word Origin for curmudgeon

C16: of unknown origin