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curmudgeon

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cur·mudg·eon  (kr-mjn)
n.
An ill-tempered person full of resentment and stubborn notions.
[Origin unknown.]
cur·mudgeon·ly adj.
cur·mudgeon·ry n.
curmudgeon [kɜːˈmʌdʒən]
n
a surly or miserly person
[of unknown origin]
curmudgeonly  adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.curmudgeon - a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas
golden ager, old person, oldster, senior citizen - an elderly person
curmudgeon
noun grump (informal), bear, grumbler, grouser, malcontent, grouch (informal), sourpuss (informal), churl, crosspatch (informal) a terrible old curmudgeon
Translations
curmudgeon (o.f.) [kɜːˈmʌdʒən] N → cascarrabias mf inv
curmudgeon [kərˈmʌdʒən] n (bad-tempered) → grincheux/euse m/f; (mean) → avare mf


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No churlish old curmudgeon could have been the owner of that grove of bread-fruit trees, or of these gloriously yellow bunches of bananas.
Typee by Melville, Herman View in context
The Vicar himself seemed to wear rather a changed aspect, as most men do when acquaintances made elsewhere see them for the first time in their own homes; some indeed showing like an actor of genial parts disadvantageously cast for the curmudgeon in a new piece.
Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context
And the prince or nobleman must be a very stingy curmudgeon, to be sure, if, at least, when his own dinner was over, he would not bid them welcome to the broken victuals from the table.
Tanglewood Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
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