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Curmudgeonly meaning in English

Meaning of Curmudgeonly in English

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Curmudgeonly

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Adjective

1. crusty, curmudgeonly, gruff, ill-humored, ill-humoured

brusque and surly and forbidding

Example Sentences:
'crusty remarks'
'a crusty old man'
'his curmudgeonly temper'
'gruff manner'
'a gruff reply'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Curmudgeonly

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n.
An ill-tempered person, especially one who is habitually stubborn or grouchy.

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