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- Dictionarycurmudgeonly/kəˈmʌdʒ(ə)nli/
adjective
- 1. (especially of an old person) bad-tempered and negative: "a curmudgeonly old man"
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adjective. old-fashioned uk / kəˈmʌdʒ. ə n.li / us / kɚˈmʌdʒ. ə n.li / Add to word list. often in a bad mood: a superb drama about a curmudgeonly old man. "I don't want to sound curmudgeonly, but I really deserve to win the prize ," she complained. See. curmudgeon. Fewer examples.
The meaning of CURMUDGEON is a crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man. How to use curmudgeon in a sentence.
Curmudgeonly definition: like or characteristic of a bad-tempered, difficult, cantankerous person. See examples of CURMUDGEONLY used in a sentence.
adjective. old-fashioned us / kɚˈmʌdʒ. ə n.li / uk / kəˈmʌdʒ. ə n.li / Add to word list. often in a bad mood: a superb drama about a curmudgeonly old man. "I don't want to sound curmudgeonly, but I really deserve to win the prize ," she complained. See. curmudgeon. Fewer examples.
When you're curmudgeonly, you come across as very grumpy and unfriendly. A curmudgeonly teacher answers students' questions in a cranky and inapproachable way.
an old person who is often in a bad mood. curmudgeonly. Examples from literature. Are you going to turn curmudgeon, too, like George and the rest of them? But he's a crusty old curmudgeon, and I never hanker much to have him around.
the "curmudgeon" family. Old, cranky, and more than a little stubborn, a curmudgeon is the gruff, grey-haired neighbor who refuses to hand out candy at Halloween and shoos away holiday carolers with a "bah humbug!"
An ill-tempered person, especially one who is habitually stubborn or grouchy.
Definition of curmudgeonly adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
adjective. If you describe someone as curmudgeonly, you do not like them because they are mean or bad-tempered. [old-fashioned, disapproval] ...her curmudgeonly cynic of a boss. He displayed a curmudgeonly unwillingness to accept the voters' verdict. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
