curmudgeon
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9.9
- noun
- /kərˈmʌdʒən/
- Offensive
- My grandfather was a typical curmudgeon, always grumbling about the youth of today.
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Watch on YouTubeAre you, are you just a curmudgeon and, and, and you're no fun.
- Are you, are you just a curmudgeon and, and, and you're no fun.
- It's this, you know, diagnostician who's kind of a curmudgeon.
Examples
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I will be the curmudgeon you hear about who still wants vinyl records and my old rotary phone.
Blog text (9) -
Local opinion holds me as surly, aging, irascible, crusty—in short, a curmudgeon—and I foster the illusion.
Fiction book (1994) -
To be sure, the Curmudgeon will be voting for Obama.
Blog text (22) -
Are you, are you just a curmudgeon and, and, and you're no fun.
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Okay, I'll be the curmudgeon and say I rarely, rarely ever read the pet entries.
Blog text (29) -
Indeed, in the last third of the book, there are times when Pritchard comes across as something of a curmudgeon.
Academic text (1996) -
No, no, Baronne, don't be such a curmudgeon.
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Fiercely independent, Vance took pride in acting the curmudgeon.
Academic text (1999) -
One of the neighbors, whom Paul remembered as an elderly type of dignified curmudgeon, interrupted.
Fiction book (1990) -
Although we may think him a curmudgeon and see his Key to All Mythologies as a monument to pedantry, she sees him as the embodiment of virtue.
Synonyms
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9.5
An old man who behaves strangely and is often grumpy
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5.2
A person who is often bad-tempered and complains
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5.3
A person who is often in a bad mood and complains
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5.3
A person who often complains about small things
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9.1
A person who often complains in an annoying way
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4.5
An unpleasant person who is hard to get along with
A person who refuses to change their mind or actions
Antonyms
How Bad-Tempered
Surface Forms
Etymology
Curmudgeon has an uncertain origin, so a helpful way to remember it is to split it into cur ('mean dog') and mudgeon (a grumpy person) and picture a growling old man. That's why curmudgeon means someone, often an older man, who is bad-tempered and easily annoyed.