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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.
Curmudgeonly definition: like or characteristic of a bad-tempered, difficult, cantankerous person. See examples of CURMUDGEONLY used in a sentence.
The meaning of CURMUDGEON is a crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man. How to use curmudgeon in a sentence.
When you're curmudgeonly, you come across as very grumpy and unfriendly. A curmudgeonly teacher answers students' questions in a cranky and inapproachable way.
Curmudgeon definition: a bad-tempered, difficult, cantankerous person.. See examples of CURMUDGEON 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.
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!"
Definition of curmudgeonly adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
An ill-tempered person, especially one who is habitually stubborn or grouchy.
