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curmudgeonly
cur·mudg·eon C0815100 (kər-mŭj′ən)n. An ill-tempered person, especially one who is habitually stubborn or grouchy.
[Possibly Scots cur-, intensive prefix (perhaps partly from Scottish Gaelic car, rather, somewhat (from car, a twist, a turn) and partly from Scottish Gaelic corr-, intensive prefix (from corr, protruding point, from Old Irish corr, snout)) + Scottish Gaelic mùigean, churl, gloomy fellow (from diminutive of mùig, gloom, gloomy appearance, snivelling nose, snot, from Old Irish muich, múich, gloom; akin to Old Irish múchaid, he smothers with smoke, and Welsh mwg, smoke).]
cur·mudg′eon·ly adj.cur·mudg′eon·ry n.Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | curmudgeonly - brusque and surly and forbidding; "crusty remarks"; "a crusty old man"; "his curmudgeonly temper"; "gruff manner"; "a gruff reply"gruff, ill-humored, ill-humoured, crustyill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition |
Translationscurmudgeonly
Related to curmudgeonly: inhumane, inexplicablySynonyms for curmudgeonlyadj brusque and surly and forbiddingSynonyms- gruff
- ill-humored
- ill-humoured
- crusty
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