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curmudgeon

[ ker-muhj-uhn ]

noun

  1. a bad-tempered, difficult, cantankerous person.

    Synonyms: crosspatch, kvetch, sourpuss, bear, crank, grump, grouch



curmudgeon

/ kɜːˈmʌdʒən /

noun

  1. a surly or miserly person
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • curˈmudgeonly, adjective
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Other Words From

  • cur·mudg·eon·ly adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of curmudgeon1

First recorded in 1570–80; unexplained; perhaps cur-, representing cur
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Word History and Origins

Origin of curmudgeon1

C16: of unknown origin
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Example Sentences

Simply maintaining its funny wouldn’t be especially remarkable, regardless of Ford’s admirable comic timing as the group’s unofficially patriarch/wise man/curmudgeon.

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Larry is the lying, socially inept, passively offensive curmudgeon you wouldn’t be able to stand in real life.

It’s a perfect role for curmudgeon specialist Paul Giamatti, if not quite the pure pleasure of a loser he previously played for director Alexander Payne in “Sideways.”

I had no trouble coming up with a compilation, but because it makes me sound like a curmudgeon, I’ve created two separate lists: six things I won’t do in 2024, and eight things I will.

Grant is also a self-proclaimed miserable curmudgeon, which he’ll say with a straight face right before saying something completely contradictory.

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