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curmudgeonly - 3 dictionary results

cur⋅mudg⋅eon

[ker-muhj-uhn]
–noun
a bad-tempered, difficult, cantankerous person.

Origin:
1570–80; unexplained; perh. cur- repr. cur


cur⋅mudg⋅eon⋅ly, adjective


grouch, crank, bear, sourpuss, crosspatch.
cur·mudg·eon   (kər-mŭj'ən)   
n.  An ill-tempered person full of resentment and stubborn notions.

[Origin unknown.]
cur·mudg'eon·ly adj., cur·mudg'eon·ry n.

Curmudgeonly

Cur*mudg"eon*ly\, a. Like a curmudgeon; niggardly; churlish; as, a curmudgeonly fellow.
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