curmudgeonly

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Definition of curmudgeonly in English English dictionary: Characteristic of a curmudgeon; churlish; {a} covetous, niggardly, churlish; disapproval If you describe someone as curmudgeonly, you do not like them because they are mean or bad-tempered; {s} stingy, unpleasant, bad-tempered; brusque and surly and forbidding; "crusty remarks"; "a crusty old man"; "his curmudgeonly temper"; "gruff manner"; "a gruff reply"; Like a curmudgeon; niggardly; churlish; as, a curmudgeonly fellow
curmudgeon: An ill-tempered (and frequently old) person full of stubborn ideas or opinions
John Doe's old age and stubborn aversion to new ideas make him a curmudgeon of a candidate.
curmudgeon: {n} a miser, niggard, griper, churl
curmudgeon: disapproval If you call someone a curmudgeon, you do not like them because they are mean or bad-tempered. such a terrible old curmudgeon. someone who is often annoyed or angry, especially an old person
curmudgeon: An avaricious, grasping fellow; a miser; a niggard; a churl
curmudgeon: {i} grouchy person, one who is ill-tempered, surly stubborn person
curmudgeon: a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas
curmudgeon: A miser

curmudgeonly

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cur·mudg·eon·ly

[ (")k&r-'m&-j&n ] (noun.) 1577. origin unknown.

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